Off an a tangent or two

[Mawk]

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><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">hi all,</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">i woke up today with the idea of looking into the angles of the platonic solids. i had a quick look through david's books and found that this area may not have been explored. so here are my findings:</span></font>
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><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001"><u>platonic solid</u> <u>angle in degrees multiplied by number of angles in ps</u> <u>total of degrees in ps </u></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">sphere infinite or zero 0</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">icosahedron(60degrees*60) 3600</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">octahedron(60degrees*24)&#43;(90degrees*4) 1800</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">star tetrahedron(60degrees*24) 1440</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">cube(90degrees*12) 1080</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">dodecahedron(108degrees*60) 6480</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">icosahedron(60degrees*60) 3600</span></font></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">sphere infinite or zero 0</span></font>
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><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">total for all platonic solids 18000</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">now if you multiply the total of 18,000degrees by 1.44 you come up with 25,920.</span></font>
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><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">these numbers seem strangely familiar!!!! also seems like there may be some more things to discover but i thought this would get things rolling. i look forward to further insights from the group.</span></font>
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><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">cheers,</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="270114808-01092001">mawk</span></font></span></font></font>