Toroids with Regular Faces
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This Demonstration shows five toroids: three with regular faces (equilateral triangles, squares, pentagons) and then two more, with faces compounded of multiple equilateral triangles or squares.
Contributed by: Izidor Hafner (April 2016)
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According to the MathWorld entry for Toroidal Polyhedron, the smallest known single-hole toroidal polyhedron made up of only equilateral triangles was found by Conway [1] and consists of 36 triangles. However, some adjacent triangles are coplanar.
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[1] J. H. Conway. "RE: Polyhedra of Positive Genus." (Sep 23, 1997) groups.google.com/group/geometry.research/msg/70178885eb20c524.
[2] R. Webb. "Stella: Polyhedron Navigator." (Apr 15, 2016) www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
[3] S. Werbeck, "Multiple Unit Constructions of Face-Connected Regular Dodecahedra: A Comparative Study of Simple and Complex Forms," Symmetry: Culture and Science, 11(1–4), 2000 pp. 393–403.
[4] L. Szilassi, "On Three Classes of Regular Toroids," Symmetry: Culture and Science, 11(1–4), 2000 pp. 317–335.
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