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An amazingly symmetric icosahedron edge coloring

In my last post I showed off the stellated icosahedron I made out of folded paper: I also claimed that it uses a very particular and elegant color scheme. When I set out to make it, I did some googling … Continue reading

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Origami stellated icosahedron!

Continuing what I started in December, I finally finished making a stellated icosahedron out of 30 Sonobe units. Each Sonobe unit corresponds to an edge of the icosahedron, and interlocks with three others to give the whole thing a remarkable … Continue reading

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Making stuff!

Recently I have been on a sort of kick making physical mathematical objects. First, inspired by this post on mathcraft.wonderhowto.com, I’ve learned how to fold origami Sonobe units and assemble them into various polyhedral things. So far, I’ve made a … Continue reading

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