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Rotating the Faces of the Icosahedron
The faces of an icosahedron are rotated in their respective planes. Rotating and extending the faces gives various polyhedra: an icosidodecahedron, a cube 5-compound, a tetrahedron 5-compound, or a great icosahedron.
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Sándor Kabai
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Cube 5-Compound
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Wolfram
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Great Icosahedron
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Wolfram
MathWorld
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Icosahedron
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Wolfram
MathWorld
)
Icosidodecahedron
(
Wolfram
MathWorld
)
Tetrahedron 5-Compound
(
Wolfram
MathWorld
)
PERMANENT CITATION
Sándor Kabai
"
Rotating the Faces of the Icosahedron
"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RotatingTheFacesOfTheIcosahedron/
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Published: April 27, 2007
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