Triangulations of the Sphere (Part 1)

Azimuth 2024-10-26

Summary:

If you cut out the yellow shape here, you can fold it up along the red lines, and all 11 sharp tips will meet at one point! You’ll get a polyhedron with 12 corners, tiled by equilateral triangles. 5 triangles meet at each corner. There are also places where 6 triangles meet: these places are […]

Link:

https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/triangulations-of-the-sphere/

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Online Mathematical Communication » Azimuth

Tags:

uncategorized mathematics

Authors:

John Baez

Date tagged:

10/26/2024, 00:17

Date published:

10/25/2024, 19:37