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A polyhedron is a solid in $3$ dimensions with flat polygonal faces, straight edges and vertices. Two faces must join at each edge, and at least three must join at each vertex.

Examples consist of cubes, pyramids, stellations, etc.

Polyhedra can be defined in one of two main ways. They can be defined as a bounded intersection of half-planes, or as a connected set of polygons. The former definition restricts us to convex shapes, which are better behaved, while the latter is more relaxed, permitting star faces and face configurations.

In a convex polyhedron with $F$ faces, $E$ edges and $V$ vertices, the formula $$F-E+V=2$$ is satisfied. This is known as Euler's polyhedron formula.

Another useful result is that in a convex polyhedron, the angles of each of the faces at each vertex add up to less than $2\pi$, and the sum of all defects equals $4\pi$. This is known as Descartes' Theorem.

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How to go from a skeleton of a polyhedron to a pretty good drawing?

Suppose you have a graph which represents the skeleton (vertices and edges) of a polyhedron. I know I can easily construct a planar embedding Tutte embedding, but how do you convert this to a figure in 3 dimensions?
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Is there a 40 face single polygon toroid?

Solutions for 24 and 32 face single polygon toroid have been given. Is there a solution for the next step of a 40 face single polygon toroid? Is there a simpler single polygon toroid? The opening on the 24 face toroid is an equilateral triangle. …
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Concept on Euler's formula

Is there a much better way to proof and derive Euler's formula in geometrical figures? In that,F+V-2=E. For example an enclosed cube with 8 vertices, 6 faces and 12 edges. It is true that the edges, E=14-2 E=12 The idea is, where integer 2 comes in…
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Smallest polyhedron with an odd number of all n-gon faces

So this is a question I actually "know" the answer to (in the sense that I know broadly what the answer is, but I'm missing crucial details and expertise to find an exact unique answer). A long while ago, someone posed this question to me, and I…
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Which rhombuses can make a rhombic dodecahedron

There are two dodecahedra I know of whose faces are identical rhombuses. One has rhombuses whose diagonals have a ratio of $\sqrt{2}$ -- this one is often simply called the "rhombic dodecahedron". The other has rhombuses whose diagonals have a ratio…
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The difference between polyhedral complex and support of a polyhedral complex?

A polyhedral complex is a collection of polyhedra such that intersection of any two polyhedron is a face of of both the polyhedron or empty. Support of a polyhedral complex is the set of all points in the polyhedral complex. So, what exactly is the…
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How to name/call this polyhedron?

How to name/call this polyhedron? What's a general method for finding the scientific name of a polyhedron?
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Is rδηδ an identity on ARPs of type {p,p}?

Background In their book Regular Complex Polytopes, Coxeter remarks that the three regular complex polytopes are "remarkably similar" to the tetrahedron, cube and octahedron. (p. 127) Specifically the fact that there are 3 polyhedra $A$, $B$, and…
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Naming a polyhedron with 6 faces and 7 vertices

As somebody who has to interpret different types of polyhedra in his research it is sometimes difficult to find a good name for a polyhedron that describes the coordination in a crystal structure. Luckily we can use concepts like capping and…
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Is there a notable set of polyhedra with 16 members?

So Platonic solids have five members, Archimedean Solids have 13. I was wondering if there was any notable and/or famous set of polyhedra that either has precisely 16 or, if that is not possible, then $2^n$ members.
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Dimension of Flow Polytope

Problem I am reading the paper "Valid Linear Inequalities for Fixed Charge Problems" by Padberg et. al. (1985). In the paper, they consider the…
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How to check whether two points belong to same facet of polyhedron

I have a (convex) polyhedron $P \in \mathbb{R}^n$, defined by a set of linear inequalities. $P$ can be degenerate i.e. some of the inequalities can actually imply some equality. I have two points $x,y \in \mathbb{R}^n$ such that $x,y \in P$. How to…
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The dimension of a Polyhedron using its vertices

We are giving a Polyhedron: [enter image description here][1] The vertices or the extreme points of P is: (1,1,-3), (1,-3,1), (-3,-1,1) We know from Linear Algebra that: Since the points are linearly independent; is the Dim(p)=3 ? - But is there…
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Polyhedron with parallel sides that are different n-gons

Imagine a polyhedron of 7 triangles and 7 quadrilaterals, where each quadrilateral is parallel to one of the triangles. Is a relaxed version of that possible -- any number of sides is allowable, where each side is parallel to a polygon with a…
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Is the following set a polyhedron?

Is the following set a polyhedron, where $a_1, a_2 \in \mathbb{R}^{n}$? \begin{align} U = \{ X \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}: a^T_1Xa_1 \leq a^T_2 X a_2 \} \end{align}