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Extending Bricard Octahedra

Metric Geometry 2010-11-24 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate the construction of several families of flexible polyhedra by extending Bricard octahedra to form larger composite flexible polyhedra. These flexible polyhedra are of genus 0 and 1, have dihedral angles that are non-constant under flexion, exhibit self-intersections and are of indefinite size, the smallest of which is a decahedron with seven vertexes.

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@article{arxiv.1011.5193,
  title  = {Extending Bricard Octahedra},
  author = {Gerald D. Nelson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.5193},
  year   = {2010}
}

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22 pages, 14 figures, 3 theorems

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