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- From: cjh@tinton.ccur.com (Christopher J. Henrich)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Question about polyhedra
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.224858.13348@tinton.ccur.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 22:48:58 GMT
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- In article <17rbgqINNscd@agate.berkeley.edu> faustus@ygdrasil.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Wayne A. Christopher) writes:
- >I need some information that must be in a book somewhere, but I can't
- >seem to find it. The question is this: for the various platonic
- >solids, in particular the dodecahedron and the icosahedron, if the
- >length of an edge is 1 and the polyhedron is centered about the origin,
- >what are the coordinates of the vertices? (For some convenient orientation.)
- >Any references or numbers would be very much appreciated. Thanks,
- >
- The classic reference for such questions is Coxeter, _Regular
- Polytopes_. It is IN PRINT as a high-quality, inexpensive paperback
- from Dover.
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- Regards,
- Chris Henrich
-