How to turn a tetrahedron into a cube and similar transformations (Q386102)

The paper discusses the transformation of a polyhedron \(P_1\) cutting its surface into a connected region in the plane which can make a tessellation of the plane and form a polyhedron \(P_2\) when it is folded properly. This question can arise naturally when one tries to build a polyhedron from a thin cardboard and it is useful to the study of polyhedra and solid geometry. The paper shows that almost regular tetrahedron can be transformed into all regular faced polyhedra which are tessellation polyhedra, that is, a polyhedron of which some net \(R\) of \(P\) tiles the place. For all these cases, the figures are shown together. Furthermore, the author provides other tessellation polyhedra which are not regular faced polyhedra. This gives further evidence of the truth of the conjecture ``almost regular tetrahedron can be transformed into a convex tessellation polyhedron''. The author remarks that the transformation is neither symmetric nor transitive with counter examples.