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Stellation

The process of constructing Polyhedra by extending the facial Planes past the Edges of a given Polyhedron.

See also Archimedean Solid Stellation, Dodecahedron Stellations, Faceting, Icosahedron Stellations, Kepler-Poinsot Solid, Polyhedron, Stella Octangula, Stellated Polyhedron, Stellated Truncated Hexahedron, Stellation Truncation, Uniform Polyhedron


References

Fleurent, G. M. ``Symmetry and Polyhedral Stellation Ia and Ib. Symmetry 2: Unifying Human Understanding, Part 1.'' Comput. Math. Appl. 17, 167-193, 1989.

Messer, P. W. ``Les étoilements du rhombitricontaèdre et plus.'' Structural Topology 21, 25-46, 1995.

Messer, P. W. and Wenninger, M. J. ``Symmetry and Polyhedral Stellation. II. Symmetry 2: Unifying Human Understanding, Part 1.'' Comput. Math. Appl. 17, 195-201, 1989.




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1999-05-26