Roman dodecahedra (Q2365837)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 222852
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 222852 |
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Roman dodecahedra (English)
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29 June 1993
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The author describes the shape of some old dodecahedra, one of them dating from about 500 B. C. Concerning the meaning of such a dodecahedron he discusses the two conjectures of associations between a dodecahedron and fire or the zodiac. At the end he reports what Greek mathematicians and philosophers had to say on this subject.
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regular figures
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three-dimensional polytopes
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dodecahedron
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historical
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Greek
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Roman
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