RE: sphere tesselation with Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg9333] RE: [mg9270] sphere tesselation with Mathematica
- From: jmthomas <jmthomas at cybercable.tm.fr>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 03:33:21 -0500
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There are very few platonic solids, the one and only solution to your = problem (sphere tesselation with equilateral triangles) is the = dodecahedron. -----Message d'origine----- De: I. Inanc Tarhan [SMTP:tarhan at piranha.cis.upenn.edu] Date: lundi 27 octobre 1997 08:47 =C0: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Objet: [mg9270] sphere tesselation with Mathematica I was wondering if I can solve the following problem easily with Mathematica. I am trying to represent a sphere as a number of equidistantly spaced points on its surface (i.e., if you can fold open the sphere without any distortions, the points will be hexagonally "close" packed)? Specifically, I am trying to represent the surface of a sphere as a collection of identical equilateral triangles. Thanks Inanc