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Re:Prince Rupert's cube by octahedron on Saturday February 17, 2018 @04:49PM (#16402927)
An octahedron?
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Re:Prince Rupert's cube by cousin_it on Saturday February 17, 2018 @05:04PM (#16403001)
An octahedron looks like a square from three orthogonal directions, same as a cube. It's possible to get more.
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Re:Prince Rupert's cube by octahedron on Saturday February 17, 2018 @05:25PM (#16403116)
Is the question posed only in relation to three dimensional space?
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Re:Prince Rupert's cube by cousin_it on Saturday February 17, 2018 @07:45PM (#16403744)
Yeah, it's the kind of shape you can carve from a block of cheese in a minute.
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