Polyhedra and symmetry
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Polyhedra and symmetry
zbMATH Open document ID: 0539.52009
DOI: 10.1007/BF03026511
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The article is one of the reports by the winners of the French Museum Competition. The author describes some ideas for exhibiting polyhedra as mathematical objects to a general audience. In particular some classifications of polyhedra concerning their symmetry properties are given. This article on polyhedra also shows the renaissance of intuitive geometry during the last years.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 52Bxx
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51M20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20C30
zbMATH DE Number: 3857865
zbMATH Keywords: regular polytopes
zbMATH Keywords: symmetries
zbMATH Keywords: intuitive geometry
author: Stewart A. Robertson
reviewed by: Jörg M. Wills
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03026511
OpenAlex ID: W2090496431
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3857865