Octahedral Dice

Todd Estroff; Jeremiah Farrell

Octahedral Dice

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Abstract

All five Platonic solids have been used as random number generators in games involving chance with the cube being the most popular. Martin Gardenr, in his article on dice (MG 1977) remarks: "Why cubical?... It is the easiest to make, its six sides accomodate a set of numbers neither too large nor too small, and it rolls easily enough but not too easily."

Gardner adds that the octahedron has been the next most popular as a randomizer. We offer here several problems and games using octahedral dice. The first two are extensions from Gardner's article. All answers will be given later.

Original language	American English
Journal	Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Volume	1
State	Published - Jan 1 2008

Keywords

g4g8
gathering for gardner
octahedral dice
recreational mathematics

Disciplines

Geometry and Topology
Mathematics
Other Mathematics
Probability

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Octahedral Dice

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