Stellating an Icosahedron with Triangular Slabs

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slab area
0.43
number of slabs
1
slab thickness
0.13
great stellated dodecahedron
Mathematica Spikey
Triangular slabs of diminishing size are stacked on each face of an icosahedron. Vary the area, initial thickness and number of slabs to approximate the shape of various stellations of the icosahedron and other polyhedra, for example, a great stellated dodecahedron and the Mathematica Spikey.

External Links

Icosahedron Stellations (Wolfram MathWorld)
Great Stellated Dodecahedron (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Sándor Kabai
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​"Stellating an Icosahedron with Triangular Slabs" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/StellatingAnIcosahedronWithTriangularSlabs/​
​Published: December 9, 2019
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