sphere tesselation with Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg9270] sphere tesselation with Mathematica
- From: "I. Inanc Tarhan" <tarhan at piranha.cis.upenn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 02:46:43 -0500
- Organization: University of Pennsylvania
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
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