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Geometry and Topology

Butler University

2008

Magic dice

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The Magic Octahedron, Jeremiah Farrell Jan 2008

The Magic Octahedron, Jeremiah Farrell

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An octahedral die has several advantages over its cubic cousin, not the least of which is its ability to magically model a four dimensional tesseract. We will use a four coloring of the die to illustrate the magic.