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Big News in Polyhedra - Numberphile

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Huge progress in the world of "Noble Polyhedra" is described by Richard Elwes. Full bonus interview with Connor Hill is on Numberphile2: The Polyhedra Wunderkind (Connor Hill full...
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Special thanks to Connor Hill and Robert Webb.

Connor's paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.28711

Robert's website (and links to his Stella software): https://www.software3d.com/

Thanks also to Ulrich Mikloweit who wished to point out the work of Jim McNeill at https://www.orchidpalms.com/polyhedra...

More Richard Elwes on Numberphile: Richard Elwes on Numberphile

More about Richard Elwes (who is based at the University of Leeds): https://richardelwes.co.uk/

Richard's latest book Huge Numbers
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20 Comments

@QuantumHistorian 2 days ago

"There's definitely only 5, and then Kepler found a 6th" sounds like a Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy joke

@internetexplorerpony 2 days ago

"So we called..." is a fun running joke, but being able to connect with the mathematician behind them for more insights so easily is such a gift for this channel.

@Rubrickety 2 days ago

It’s so cool that we’re seeing the first generation of mathematicians who grew up watching Numberphile.

@RobertCWebb 2 days ago

Wow, only had that video call tonight and the final video is already up! Great video, well done.

@r0kus 2 days ago

Accolades to Pete for accepting the challenge to "show all of them". He succeeded wonderfully, included sound, and bent my mind.

@EmberDart 2 days ago

jan Misali has entered the chat

@SSandP500 2 days ago

Not everyday I get breaking news about geometry.

@lglcosta 2 days ago (edited)

This Connor kid is going places! Achieving that at 17 is seriously impressive.

@ButzPunk 2 days ago

Noooo the noble faceted snub cube isn't ugly, it's beautiful!

@livingroomccroom 2 days ago

this channel is partly responsible for this discovery by inspiring young people to explore more,

this is amazing, well done all

@anonnymousperson 2 days ago

Really cool to see such a young mathmatician doing groundbreaking work.

@valdezunderrune394 2 days ago (edited)

The start and end animations make it look like the polyhedra are announcing their world tour. Fantastic editing, great video. Congrats to Connor!

@aikumaDK 2 days ago

A shame the method behind those paper models are seemingly lost to the ages.
Being able to pull that off, a century before computer visualisation, is absolute madness to me.

@SubliminalVibes 2 days ago

This news is so exciting my knickers are now a Möbius!

@chilledvibes99 2 days ago

I actually found the ‘ugly duckling’ to be one of the most aesthetically pleasing for some reason.

@hemerythrin 2 days ago

I love how Richard immediately picks up and uses the words Brady invents, that's so funny

@AJFisherDesign 2 days ago

12:20 I’m a visual artist and metal fabricator not a mathematician but I enjoy these videos and it occurs to me back before computers one might build practically a large wireframe model of a repeating polyhedra and then experiment with “rigging” strings through the interior to see what internal “architecture” might reveal itself.

@timsloane 2 days ago

Pete is so professional. If I had made that, I would have put text at the end that said "There, Brady, are you happy now?"

@jtd8719 2 days ago

Big ups to Mr. Webb and Connor for advancing the state of the art in this field. Gold star to Brady and team for the channel, making this content and making it accessible to the masses and influencing/inspiring one-time viewers to make notable contributions to maths. I look forward to the next advancement made by a Numberphile viewer.