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actually_a_dog
on Dec 28, 2021
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No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons ...
For most of the uses posited in the article, it seems like icosohedra (coincidentally, the dual of the dodecahedron) would have made more sense. After all, if 12 pairs of opposite faces are good, wouldn't 20 be better?
nathias
on Dec 28, 2021
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12 is better, it's special - the lowest superior highly composite number
actually_a_dog
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How would that matter for any of the uses suggested in the article? 12 and 20 have the same number of divisors.
nathias
on Dec 29, 2021
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using it as a base makes it so you aren't dealing with fractional values that much, and a lot of other neat properties ...
kzrdude
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Pentagonal faces are rounder and work better with holes that way
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