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Anonymous Wed 22 Dec 13:36:15 2021 No.13995470 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13995481 >>13995560

which regular polygons can uniformly tile a sphere?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Dec 2021 13:38:31 No.13995479 Report

None. They would have to have curves, making them not a polygon

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Dec 2021 13:38:42 No.13995481 Report

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Anonymous Wed 22 Dec 2021 13:49:32 No.13995505 Report

Quoted By: >>13995543

>>13995479
great answer you pedantic faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Dec 2021 14:03:20 No.13995543 Report

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>>13995505
>asks for regular polygons
>be told why the shapes cant be polygons
>calls me a faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Dec 2021 14:05:24 No.13995554 Report

Quoted By: >>13995556

>>13995479
those lines are straight in a spherical geometry

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Dec 2021 14:06:31 No.13995556 Report

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>>13995554
Are you also straight in spherical geometry?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Dec 2021 14:06:52 No.13995560 Report

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>>13995470
The platonic solids give you exactly what you're looking for if you "blow them up" into a sphere.
Next time use the math general, /mg/.

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