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Here are 5 points arranged around a circle:
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This joins the points in pairs:
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Here's how
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works, picking all possible pairs out of
{
a
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b
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c
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:
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{
{
a
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,
{
a
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,
{
a
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c
}
,
{
b
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,
{
b
,
b
}
,
{
b
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,
{
c
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,
{
c
,
b
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,
{
c
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c
}
}
Here's what it does picking from
{
a
,
b
,
c
,
d
}
:
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{
a
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b
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c
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d
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2
]
O
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4
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=
{
{
a
,
a
}
,
{
a
,
b
}
,
{
a
,
c
}
,
{
a
,
d
}
,
{
b
,
a
}
,
{
b
,
b
}
,
{
b
,
c
}
,
{
b
,
d
}
,
{
c
,
a
}
,
{
c
,
b
}
,
{
c
,
c
}
,
{
c
,
d
}
,
{
d
,
a
}
,
{
d
,
b
}
,
{
d
,
c
}
,
{
d
,
d
}
}
Join all possible pairs of 4 points:
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6 points:
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7 points:
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11 points:
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1
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=
50 points:
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5
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2
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]
]
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With an odd number of points---like 49---the center is white:
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The 3D Case
(
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S
p
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distributes points as uniformly as possible on a sphere:
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Join pairs of points in 3D:
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]
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The figure is an icosahedron:
Here is a list of the Platonic solids:
Here are pictures of them:
There are other polyhedra that aren't Platonic:
This joins pairs of 25 points in 3D:
The corresponding result for 20 points:
See Also
RandomMandala
Related Symbols
CirclePoints
SpherePoints
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Contributed by:
Stephen Wolfram
