Pyramids, Plato and Football

Synopsis: Looks at the regularity and symmetry found in some three-dimensional shapes, in particular the Egyptian pyramids, the five platonic solids and the standard football design. Shows the proof of Euler’s formula for connecting the number of faces, edges and vertices and introduces the concept of duality.
Series: Groups and Geometry, Course M336
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Mathematics
Keywords: geometry; symmetry

Producer

Cast

Carmen Jackson Pryce
Roy Nelson

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