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fiddlerwoaroof on Aug 30, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fibonacci Sphere

Did the article switch the dodecahedron and icosahedron? It specified that the icosahedron is optimal for 12 points and the dodecahedron for 20 which seems backwards to me.

extremelearning on Aug 30, 2021 [–]

I believe it is right. However, I often get these two intuitively mixed up because:

Icosahedron: 12 points, 20 faces (and 30 edges)

Dodecahedron: 20 points, 12 faces (and 30 edges)

fiddlerwoaroof on Aug 31, 2021 | [–]

Hmm, that explains it.

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