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20 Apr

What Is This Shape?

This is just to record a small discovery.

Here are two views of the same 3d shape. What is the shape?


I'll add an answer as a comment in a couple of days.

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2 Responses to “What Is This Shape?”

  1. 1
    Vladimir Nikolin Says:

    I see here 4 square based pyramids on the first floor, and one in the second floor!
    A Sierpinski square-based pyramid, iteration 1.

  2. 2
    admin Says:

    Yes, indeed.

    http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Polyhedra/ManyPyramids.shtml

    I was at first surprised that projections of same edges produced once concave and then convex polygons depending on the point of view. My initial impression was that there was a mistake somewhere. Had to think of that with closed eyes.

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