05-31-2020, 06:06 PM | #21 |
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Re: Help with some Space Math (sorta)
That's how diamonds work. They're made up of many, many tetrahedrons.
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06-01-2020, 02:29 AM | #22 | |
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Re: Help with some Space Math (sorta)
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06-01-2020, 12:29 PM | #23 |
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Re: Help with some Space Math (sorta)
If you stack spheres in a hexagonal packing, and then draw lines between the centers of each sphere, those lines form tetrahedrons.
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Re: Help with some Space Math (sorta)
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(Again, you can demonstrate this with d4s. Put six into a hexagon shape. You can put three on top, same way up, balanced with corners on the top points. But there are gaps.)
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