GEK1518 Mathematics in Art and Architecture, 2003/04 II, Tutorial 2
- Complete the table for the Platonic solids.
| Polyhedron |
Faces |
Edges |
Vertices |
Shape of face |
Faces at vertex |
| Tetrahedron |
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| Cube |
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| Octahedron |
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| Dodecahedron |
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| Icosahedron |
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- How many colors do you need to color the different Platonic
solids? Two faces that have a common edge are not allowed to have the
same color.
Helmer Aslaksen
Department of Mathematics
National University of Singapore
aslaksen@nus.edu.sg