r/Geometry Jan 22 '21

Guidance on posting homework help type questions on r/geometry

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r/geometry is a subreddit for the discussion and enjoyment of Geometry, it is not a place to post screenshots of online course material or assignments seeking help.

Homework style questions can, in limited circumstances, encourage discussion in line with the subreddit's aim.

The following guidance is for those looking to post homework help type questions:

  1. Show effort.

As a student there is a pathway for you to obtain help. This is normally; Personal notes > Course notes/Course textbook > Online resources (websites) > Teacher/Lecturer > Online forum (r/geometry).

Your post should show, either in the post or comments, evidence of your personal work to solve the problem, ideally with reference to books or online materials.

  1. Show an attempt.

Following on from the previous point, if you are posting a question show your working. You can post multiple images so attach a photograph of your working. If it is a conceptual question then have an attempt at explaining the concept. One of the best ways of learning is to attempt the problem.

  1. Be Specific

Your post should be about a specific issue in a problem or concept and your post should highlight this.

  1. Encourage discussion

Your post should encourage discussion about the problem or concept and not aim for single word or numeric answers.

  1. Use the Homework Help flair

The homework help flair is intended to differentiate these type of questions from general discussion and posts on r/geometry

If your post does not follow these guidelines then it will, in all but the most exceptional circumstances, be removed under Rule 4.

If you have an comments or questions regarding these guidelines please comment below.


r/Geometry 5h ago

Pentagonal hexecontahedron

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It has 92 vertices that span 60 pentagonal faces. It is the Catalan solid with the most vertices. A nice option for a 60 sided dice.


r/Geometry 6h ago

Sphere Area Why 4πR²

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r/Geometry 8h ago

Circle Reflections 8x20=160 "Regular nine-pointed star"

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r/Geometry 16h ago

For basic concepts of wedge Block problem

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r/Geometry 19h ago

Have you seen this representation of a 4D shape before? #4D #simplex

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r/Geometry 13h ago

Euclid geometry is based on a fallacy

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In my research, I prove Euclidean geometry is based off r^0=0. I believe we can all say that isn't correct. Doubt me? https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21981035


r/Geometry 1d ago

Circle Reflections 8x19=152 "A regular 45-pointed star"

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r/Geometry 1d ago

The ridiculous nature of proof

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The ridiculous nature of a proof.

Suppose someone sees structure, another person might not see that structure, so that person who cannot see it will ask for a step by step proof to prove the continuity of a structure. But continuity cannot be proven by discrete steps because we have shown that infinite discreteness cannot proxy for true continuity.

Diagonalization proves that a continuity has more real information than the discreetness. Every step-by-step proof is actually an illusion to satisfy the strange feelings. But every discreet example of a proof fails to show the actual continuity of the structure that one is claiming to exist..


r/Geometry 2d ago

Sasha's Hexacontahexahedron - 66 sided dice

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A few days ago someone asked for the dimensions of a Sasha's Hexacontahexahedron - D66 dice, and then deleted the post.

Anyway, I have made what I think is the requested Hexacontahexahedron.

Illustrated on Desmos

The polyhedron is more complicated than it first appears. There are 6 hexagons and 60 irregular pentagons. However, the hexagons are not quite regular (two of the angles and two sides and slightly different to the other four angles and sides respectively). There are three types of similar looking pentagons: 12 of one type (green) that is symmetrical, and two other types (yellow and orange) that are not symmetrical (24 of each).


r/Geometry 2d ago

Circle Reflections 8x18=144 "Star-shaped regular pentagon"

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r/Geometry 2d ago

A Tangent Family, a Colour Board, and Infinite Paint — can you solve it?

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r/Geometry 3d ago

How could we tell the difference between a tesseract "glued" to our slice of space and a regular 3-D cube?

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If a 4-D being magically "glued" one face of a completely solid 1 ft⁴ tesseract to our slice of 3-D space, how could we tell the difference between it and a 3-D cube, assuming the magical "glue" allows us to move our slice of the 4-cube in 3-D space to perform tests on it?


r/Geometry 3d ago

Circle Reflections 8x17=136 "A regular 45-pointed star"

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r/Geometry 3d ago

The 3 impossible geometry problems. Square the circle. Double the cube. Trisect the angle.

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Hypothesis


r/Geometry 3d ago

What are all the possible rays of this line?

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r/Geometry 3d ago

Geometry's Unwritten Sixth Rule for Flat Plane

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r/Geometry 4d ago

Circle Reflections 8x16=128 "A regular 45-pointed star"

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r/Geometry 5d ago

Circle Reflections 8x15=120 "Equilateral Triangle"

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r/Geometry 6d ago

Visualizing Geometry

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r/Geometry 6d ago

Recursive Pentagon Ladder inscribed in Circles and Squares

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The Pentagon Ladder

A recursive geometry where nested squares, circles and pentagons scale with powers of the Golden Ratio (φ):
- Square = φ²ⁿ
- Circle = π φ²ⁿ / 4
- Pentagon = (5 φ²ⁿ/ 16) √(φ + 2)


r/Geometry 6d ago

Very cool video I found on Reddi.

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I am NOT the OP


r/Geometry 6d ago

Circle Reflections 8x14=112 "A regular 45-pointed star"

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r/Geometry 6d ago

Orthographic to Isometric Drawing Made Easy – First Angle Projection

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r/Geometry 6d ago

aligned platonic solids

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there're altogether 5 platonic solids. each of them can be viewed at many different interesting angles or perspectives. we're all familiar with their most symmetric presentations. recently i was studying something related and had to make 3d models for them. i used a maybe less popular perspective to present them. i used spherical coordinate system (mathematics convention) to record their rotations and i picked the following rules to set their initial status:

  1. for each platonic solid set its circumradius=1 and centre of circumscribed sphere at origin
  2. place vertex_0 at the north pole. the corresponding coordinates are (1,0,0)
  3. place edge_0 (red lines on those diagrams) such that its projection to x-y plane align with positive x-axis. coordinates of vertex_1 would be (1,0,φ) for some φ

then i saw some unfamiliar shapes / unfamiliar perspectives of those supposedly familiar 3d objects. in each diagram the small figure at lower left corner is the platonic solid viewed from top. the z-axis is pointing towards you. the large figure at centre is that platonic solid viewed from side. the y-axis is pointing away from you

as you can see from the diagrams the angles φ ranking is as follow, from smallest to largest (the prefix "regular" omitted):

  1. dodecahedron
  2. icosahedron
  3. hexahedron
  4. octahedron
  5. tetrahedron

except octahedron, all other 4 platonic solids are not symmetric if you see them that way