Dodecaplex: the puzzle from the fourth dimension!
2,983Check out Dodecaplex on Maths Gear!
https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/dodecaplex-puzzle
Dodecaplex is based on the mathematics of Saul Schleimer and Henry Segerman.
Henry Segerman http://www.segerman.org/
Saul Schleimer http://homepages.warwick.ac.uk/~masgar/
You can read more about the maths behind Dodecaplex, and the wider family of Quintessence puzzles, in their paper “Puzzling the 120-cell”. https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.3549
As well as this puzzle, Henry has other amazing stuff on his Shapeways page.
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/henryseg
Watch my previous videos with Henry. All filmed during one mathematical journey to Edinburgh at the glorious Summerhall. The “Brilliant Geometry” one looks more at how 4D shapes are printed in 3D.
Exploring Hyperbolic Space with VR (and crochet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTfviv_aZYI
Brilliant Geometry: a physical 3D zoetrope of a 4D cube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOVzytir7bM
CORRECTIONS
- None yet. Let me know if you spot anything!
Thanks to my Patreon supporters who made this series of videos with Henry possible. Here is a random subset:
Christopher A Samples
Morgan Phillips
Laurus Schluep
Mitchell Reid
Eric Sexton
Support my channel and I can make more videos:
https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths
Music by Howard Carter
Filming and editing by Trunkman Productions
Audio mastering by Peter Doggart
Design by Simon Wright
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