The Magic Octahedron

Jeremiah Farrell

The Magic Octahedron

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Abstract

An octahedral die has several advantages over its cubic cousin, not the least of which is its ability to magically model a four dimensional tesseract. We will use a four coloring of the die to illustrate the magic.

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

Keywords

g4g8
gathering for gardner
magic dice
magic octahedron
recreational mathematics

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Geometry and Topology
Mathematics
Other Mathematics

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