by Kirby Urner
Originally posted: January 16, 2001
Last modified: January 16, 2001
Captions
N = 2nd power of maximal vertex distances from origin in
a ccp sphere packing (ccp =
ivm)
Vertex color coding:
N, N-1, N-2, N-3, N-4
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Generated using Python + Povray + Qhull by Kirby
Urner
Python source code as text and/or HTML view (colorized)
Steve
Waterman defined and studied this series of polyhedra -- I got
some models in the mail!
A related class of polys include the
N vertices only
Steve has many more Watermans on display (made with the same software)