Re: tessalation of a sphere
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg9349] Re: tessalation of a sphere
- From: "Chris Lomont" <clomont at omni.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 03:33:35 -0500
- Organization: Izi Wa Computer Misc
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I. Inanc Tarhan wrote in message <62pedv$acs at smc.vnet.net>... > >Hi all, > >Would anybody have information on, or pointers to the subject of >representing 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. > >Any good ways of doing this with Mathematice? I think the only solutions are the Platonic solids, and these are included in one of the standard packages you received with Mathematica. Thus you have a tetrahedron, octahedron, and icosahedron. Chris Lomont