In geometry, a Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron is any of four regular star polyhedra. They may be obtained by stellating the regular convex dodecahedron and...
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polyhedrons as in 5 Platonic solids and 13 Archimedean solids—2 quasiregular and 11 semiregular— the non-convex star polyhedra as in 4 Kepler–Poinsot...
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discovered the four Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra in 1809. Two of these had already appeared in Kepler's work of 1619, although Poinsot was unaware of this...
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faces) and four Kepler–Poinsot polyhedrons. Nevertheless, some polyhedrons may not possess one or two of those symmetries: A polyhedron with vertex-transitive...
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Platonic solid (redirect from Convex regular polyhedron)
Goldberg polyhedron Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron List of regular polytopes Prince Rupert's cube Regular polytope Regular skew polyhedron Toroidal polyhedron Gardner...
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Small stellated dodecahedron (category Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra)
In geometry, the small stellated dodecahedron is a Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron, named by Arthur Cayley, and with Schläfli symbol {5/2,5}. It is one of...
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on a vertex of this polyhedron or inside of it. It was studied by Max Brückner after the discovery of Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron. It can be viewed as...
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polyhedra (the Platonic solids), and four regular star polyhedra (the Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra), making nine regular polyhedra in all. In addition, there...
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Great dodecahedron (category Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra)
In geometry, the great dodecahedron is one of four Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra. It is composed of 12 pentagonal faces (six pairs of parallel pentagons), intersecting...
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Archimedean solid (redirect from Archimedean polyhedron)
as Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra. Kepler may have also found another solid known as elongated square gyrobicupola or pseudorhombicuboctahedron. Kepler once...
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Regular icosahedron (category Composite polyhedron)
of regular icosahedron, which consists of 59 polyhedrons. The great dodecahedron, one of the Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra, is constructed by either stellation...
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solids and (star) Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra – form dual pairs, where the regular tetrahedron is self-dual. The dual of an isogonal polyhedron (one in which...
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Great stellated dodecahedron (category Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra)
In geometry, the great stellated dodecahedron is a Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron, with Schläfli symbol {5/2,3}. It is one of four nonconvex regular polyhedra...
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polyhedral compounds, four Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra, and thirteen Archimedean solids, constructing or collecting polyhedron models has become a common...
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dodecahedron, geometric solids; see Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kepler star. If an internal link...
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Stellation (redirect from Stellated polyhedron)
Kepler defined stellation for polygons and polyhedra as the process of extending edges or faces until they meet to form a new polygon or polyhedron....
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4-polytope Rub el Hizb Star (glyph) Star polyhedron, Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron, and uniform star polyhedron Starfish Grünbaum & Shephard (1987). Tilings...
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nonprismatic uniform star polyhedra includes the 4 regular ones, called the Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra, 14 quasiregular ones, and 39 semiregular ones. There are...
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Kepler (1571 – 1630). Kepler conjecture Kepler triangle Kepler–Bouwkamp constant Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron Kepler's laws of planetary motion Kepler's...
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meaning its dual is the regular tetrahedron itself. 4 regular star Kepler–Poinsot solids: great dodecahedron, small stellated dodecahedron, great icosahedron...
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triangular tiling Regular polyhedron Platonic solid Tetrahedron Cube Octahedron Dodecahedron Icosahedron Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron (regular star polyhedra)...
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forms the outer shell of the great stellated dodecahedron, a Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron with twelve pentagram faces. Each edge of the triakis icosahedron...
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Great icosahedron (category Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra)
In geometry, the great icosahedron is one of four Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra (nonconvex regular polyhedra), with Schläfli symbol {3,5⁄2} and Coxeter-Dynkin...
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vertex figures. There are four regular star polyhedra, known as the Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra. The Schläfli symbol {p,q} implies faces with p sides, and...
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edges. The regular dodecahedron can be faceted into one regular Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron, three uniform star polyhedra, and three regular polyhedral compound...
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polyhedra: Regular polyhedra, that is, the five Platonic solids and the four Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra. Disphenoid tetrahedra. Crown polyhedra, also known as stephanoid...
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each vertex. The great icosahedron is one of the four regular star Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra. Its Schläfli symbol is {3, 5/2}. Like the convex form,...
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Euler characteristic (redirect from Euler's polyhedron formula)
convex polyhedra (where the densities are all 1) and the non-convex Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra. Projective polyhedra all have Euler characteristic 1, like...
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14-metre (46 ft) statue named the Kepler Star. It consists of two internally illuminated Kepler–Poinsot polyhedrons, appearing like a giant star in the...
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characteristics, as being quasiregular. Two are based on dual pairs of regular Kepler–Poinsot solids, in the same way as for the convex examples: the great icosidodecahedron...
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