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Stereographic Projection of Platonic Solids

Platonic solids
Tetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Icosahedron
Dodecahedron
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This Demonstration shows the stereographic projection of the five Platonic solids.
To understand stereographic projection, imagine that on top of the unit sphere there is a light and that the sphere is sitting on a plane. Any point on the surface of the sphere casts a shadow onto this plane, which is called the stereographic projection of the point. Now take a Platonic solid and blow up its edges until they lie on the sphere's surface. The stereographic projection of the Platonic solid is the shadow these lines cast onto the plane.
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