Transforming a Tetrahedron into a Chestahedron

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The chestahedron was discovered by Frank Chester, an American artist and geometrician. It has seven faces of equal size but not of equal shape; therefore it is not a Platonic solid. Four of the faces are equilateral triangles and three are kites that evolve in the transformation process.
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Contributed by: Hans-Joachim Domke (March 2011)
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For more details, visit Frank Chester's website. A video sequence of the transformation is available on YouTube.
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"Transforming a Tetrahedron into a Chestahedron"
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Published: March 7 2011