Vertex-to-Self Trajectories on the Platonic Solids

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Date
2020
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3/2020
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Snapshots of Modern Mathematics from Oberwolfach
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Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach gGmbH
Abstract

We consider the problem of walking in a straight line on the surface of a Platonic solid. While the tetrahedron, octahedron, cube, and icosahedron all exhibit the same behavior, we find a remarkable difference with the dodecahedron.

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