SECTIONS OF POLYHEDRA

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The plane sections of convex polyhedra are always convex polygons. It is interesting to find the regular polygons that may be sections of regular polyhedra. We can obtain a perfect hexagonal section in a cube.

Question

Where are the vertices of the regular hexagonal section of the cube?

Answer  Solution

 Icosahedron & dodecahedron

Index

Polyhedric kaleidoscopes


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