Realization of Heawood's Map on a Toroidal Polyhedron
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Heawood’s map consists of seven regions, with each pair sharing a part of its boundary. This Demonstration shows a realization of Heawood’s map on a toroid with congruent regions, each made of four triangles.
Contributed by: Izidor Hafner and Lajos Szilassi (April 2016)
(University of Szeged, Hungary)
Additional contribution by: Sándor Kabai
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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[1] L. Szilassi, "On Three Classes of Regular Toroids," Symmetry: Culture and Science, 11(1–4), 2000 pp. 317–335.
[2] B. M. Stewart, Adventures among the Toroids, 2nd ed., Okemos, MI: B. M. Stewart, 1980 pp. 199.
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"Realization of Heawood's Map on a Toroidal Polyhedron"
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Published: April 6 2016