Wednesday 7 December 2011

Fun With Mathematics

Solid Geometry


Solid Geometry is the geometry of three-dimensional space - the kind of space we live in ...

Let us start with some of the simplest shapes:


Solids come in two types "Polyhedra" and "Non-Polyhedra":

Polyhedra :
(they must have flat faces)
tetrahedronhexahedronoctahedrondodecahedornicosahedron Platonic Solids
triangular prismsquare prismpentagonal prism Prisms
triangular pyramidsquare pyramidpentagonal pyramid Pyramids
Non-Polyhedra:
(if any surface is not flat)
sphere Sphere torus Torus
cylinder Cylinder cone Cone


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