Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Nested Polar Zonohedra



An n-merous polar zonohedron can be dissected into exactly n-things-take-three-at-a-time rhombic hexahedra. These same hexahedra can be added to the exterior of the polar zonohedron to build up larger and larger (yet similar) polar zonohedra. The above animation shows several examples of such tilings.

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