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- From: wilson@web.ctron.com (David Wilson)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Polyhedron problem
- Message-ID: <5482@balrog.ctron.com>
- Date: 9 Oct 92 19:59:19 GMT
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- Reply-To: wilson@web.ctron.com (David Wilson)
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- Let P and Q be two polyhedra in Euclidean 3-space, with the following
- properties:
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- P and Q have the same set of polygon faces. For instance, P
- and Q might each have, say, 6 square and 8 equilateral
- triangular faces, of the same size.
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- P and Q are distinct up to translation, rotation, and reflection.
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- What, that, are the smallest number of faces P may have under each
- of the following conditions:
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- 1. P and Q have distinct volume.
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- 2. P and Q have distinct volume and regular polygon faces.
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- 3. P and Q have equal volume.
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- 4. P and Q have equal volume and regular polygon faces.
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- David W. Wilson (wilson@web.ctron.com)
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- Disclaimer: "Truth is just truth...You can't have opinions about truth."
- - Peter Schikele, introduction to P.D.Q. Bach's oratorio "The Seasonings."
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