An asymptotically closed loop of tetrahedra

DOI10.1007/S00283-016-9696-4zbMATH Open1408.51021OpenAlexW2735939756WikidataQ59485654 ScholiaQ59485654MaRDI QIDQ1684352FDOQ1684352

Authors: Michael Elgersma, Stan Wagon 

Publication date: 8 December 2017

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-016-9696-4

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zbMATH Keywords

continued fractionregular tetrahedronsymmetry planeembedded chain of tetrahedraquadrahelixtetrahelix

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Three-dimensional polytopes (52B10) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20)

Cites Work

• Title not available (Why is that?)
• On chains of regular tetrahedra
• Closing a Platonic gap

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• Combinatorial representation of tetrahedral chains
• Zigzags in combinatorial tetrahedral chains and the associated Markov chain
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• Closure constraints for hyperbolic tetrahedra
• Tetrahedral chains and a curious semigroup
• Closing a Platonic gap

Uses Software

• Mathematica

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