Ad Quadratum Construction and Study of the Regular Polyhedra

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4 fig. 2 fig. 3
…which can be more briefly put as: To be regular, a polyhedron must be spherical and equimaraldian. It will be convex if the network of lines (edges) projected on the sphere joining the vertices is locally planar (i.e., the segments between vertices do not cross). It will be stellated otherwise. The well-known duality properties ensure that the vertex radius of one figure is the face center radius of its dual. 2. Complementary views: 5 Other viewpoints are, of course, of conceptual interest to the designer. These methods of generation will be examined subsequently (See Alternative Methods of Generating the Platonic Forms). We can mention here in passing, the generation of platonic forms as the result of the interference of the circumsphere with spheres of equal diameter distributed initially tangentially to the circumsphere along axes corresponding to the radii perpendicular to the face of the respective polyhedra and being pressed together from all directions. Another possibility yet is to start from the six directions of space at a point of origin (i.e., a Cartesian system of coordinates) and their afferent octahedron obtained by measuring equal distances along each axis. Then, along each of these directions, consider another octahedron as in a crystal like structure, compressing them all towards the center at the origin, the interferences eventually generate a cube out of which the tetrahedron and the icosahedron can be generated by very simple construction yielding finally the dodecahedron. These methods of generation as well as others will be subsequently examined. At the present moment, however, we want to concentrate on the internal view and its relation with the Ad Quadratum method of construction. To this end, we begin by considering the convex polyhedra in relation to their common circumsphere. Platonic Forms and Circumsphere: The relationships between the radius of the circumsphere and the edge of the regular convex polyhedra have been known since Euclid at least. Theatetus, in the 4 th Century B.C. , is generally credited with the discovery 7 . Designating by R the radius of the circumsphere common to all and by a the edge of the respective polyhedra we have: 7 See for instance T.H. Heath, Greek Mathematics, p. 106 and 134. Also, infra, Appendices: Circumradius and Edge Relationships.
Page 1 and 2: The Louis and Jeanette Brooks Engin
Page 3 and 4: Copyright 2001 by Jean Le Mée
Page 5 and 6: Dodecahedron ......................
Page 7 and 8: Acknowledgements Special thanks are
Page 9 and 10: viii The realization of the project
Page 11 and 12: Introduction: 1 Ad- Quadratum Const
Page 13: Generation of the Platonic Forms: 1
Page 17 and 18: 7 Tetrahedron: Cube: Octahedron: Do
Page 19 and 20: Designate CH by x, then cos ˆ C i
Page 21 and 22: Dodecahedron: 11 For the dodecahedr
Page 23 and 24: with a 10 5 13 5 5R a 2 10 55R
Page 25 and 26: 15 A simple way of constructing eac
Page 27 and 28: Similarly, cosU ˆ O S 1 ,and ther
Page 29 and 30: C ˆ D ˆ O i 2 The cube dihedra
Page 31 and 32: 21 As indicated for the cube (fig.
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Page 35 and 36: Tetrahedron: For the tetrahedron, a
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Page 39 and 40: 29 r 0. 794 R The more complex for
Page 41 and 42: 31 Now, consider triangles AA HO a
Page 43 and 44: Dˆ i cos 2 33 We can therefor
Page 45 and 46: 35 Ratio of Intersphere to Circumsp
Page 47 and 48: Cube: Octahedron: Dodecahedron: r R
Page 49 and 50: Comparison with Orthoscheme Approac
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Page 53 and 54: 43 They are not what is generally t
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Page 57 and 58: 47 We shall now determine the diame
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55 If the faces of the pyramids on
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57 - the great dodecahedron by addi
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59 and therefore through the vertic
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R e a the well-known relation in
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from Since ABCD is a golden rectang
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We have: Noting that cos Di 2 65 R
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67 Fig. 46A shows such a pentagonal
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The inner geometry of the GD will b
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71 2 2 2 Now H sin And sin 1c
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73 GSD. Since the apexes of the pyr
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The circumsphere radius of the enve
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where R S is the circumsphere of th
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And since We verify that as establi
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81 The intersection of these pyrami
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Now, as has just been established,
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85 fig. 45
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We have tanw 87 2 2 1 1 4 1 5 Wi
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89 The structure of this scaled G.I
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the three mutually perpendicular go
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93 For the dodecahedron, the golde
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95 so that 2R cos ˆ D i 2 For the
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Alternative Methods of Generating t
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99 As Fernand Hallyn 25 points our,
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101 held by their authors. From the
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103 By joining each such vertex to
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105 fig. 61
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107 For the cube, select a pole on
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109 fig. 63A fig. 63B fig. 63C
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111 r 2 2 2.828 (We consider the
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113 fig. 64 fig. 65 fig. 66
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fig. 67 115 fig. 69 fig. 6 fig. 68
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the structure of all regular polyhe
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119 Ad Quadratum method and the Gen
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121 fig. 74
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123 Ad Quadratum and the Pythagorea
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125 fig. 78
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OT y 1 x 127 y So that, if OT is a
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129 fruitful paradigm. For more tha
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5 3 1 (unisson) 5 3 30 3 20 2 (fi
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133 fig. 79
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135 The difference between a whole
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137 In either case, consonance is l
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139 The interval between the notes
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We can also write: MN ML 141 1 3 L
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143 Ad Quadratum and the Just Inton
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145 from nothing. It is indivisible
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AA' OA1 2 1 BB' 2 = PP' OP 1 147
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149 fig. 87
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153 Ad Quadratum, the Millennium Sp
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155 own positions in it. Kepler’s
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157 The Millennium Sphere and the L
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159 fig. 89 fig. 90
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161 fig. 91
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This determines the envelope of des
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Remarks TABLE 1 TRIGONOMETRIC PROPE
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TABLE 3 REGULAR CONVEX POLYHEDRA ME
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R G r R G R S R S r 169 From r to
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3. Octahedron: fig. 3Ap 4. Dodecahe
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173 One can also reason that there
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Replacing in (1) by (2) or, rearran
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and from (6) we see that 177 But 3
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179 Alternatively, from (8) we obta
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181 fig. 56
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183 and finally R a 4 Therefore a
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