POLYHEDRA & SOAP

Polyhedra & soap images Polyhedra & soap image
   
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Films of soap visualise minimum surfaces between given boundaries. If polyhedra made of wire are submerged and taken out of soapy water, interesting surfaces linked to polyhedric characteristics appear. Soap bubbles also show polyhedric shapes.

Question

What surfaces are formed when a regular tetrahedron made of wire is submerged in soapy water?

Answer  Solution

Geodesics in polyhedra

Index

Caleidocycles


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