Becker: Frome stone-sculpturing to mathematics - Approximating the inscribed ball of regular polyhedra

The inscribed ball of a stone is approximated by successively truncating vertices and edges. During this sculturing procedure regular polyhedra with interesting geometrical properties are generated. The changing surface geometries of these solids are documented by using slides and stone-rubbings.

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