Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-jon!moroney From: moroney@jon.DEC Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Archemedian polyhedra Message-ID: <3732@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 09:15:59 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3732 Posted: Tue Sep 25 09:15:59 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 05:26:37 EDT Sender: kent@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 21 To: alice!td Sorry, I misunderstood you. I just associated a Greek name applied to polyhedra to the 5 Platonic solids. Ignore my last message (although the part about the edge duals holds) However, I would guess that ~80% of those reading your last message made the same mistake. You should have explained what Archemedians were (I never heard of them until now) to prevent confusion. Can you point me to reference material on this subject? I am fascinated by this subject. Also, how many sides/edges/vertices each has? Too bad you can't send models over the net, I would ask for them, too. To those who would like to know what certain common shapes are, a soccer ball (with faces flattened) is a 'truncated icosahedron' and the 3-dimensional stop sign which started this discussion is a 'rhombicuboctahedron' (correct me if I am wrong) (sorry, lost the name of the original poster) Stupid Question of the Day: Is the huge ball of the Epcot Center in Disney World a fair die? (ignore the base, holes, etc. of course) How many sides does it have? (same assumptions as above) Mike Moroney ..decvax!decwrl!rhea!jon!moroney