Truncation in mathematics and geometry refers to cutting off parts of a shape, typically the vertices, edges, or other extremities, to create a new modified figure. This process is often used with polygons, polyhedra, or functions. A truncated tetrahedron is a polyhedron we can derive from a regular tetrahedron by truncating (cutting off) its four vertices. This process creates a new shape with additional faces while maintaining its symmetry. In […]
Truncation refers to the process of shortening something by removing parts. You can apply truncation to numbers, text, or data in various contexts. A truncated polyhedron is a geometric solid formed by truncating the vertices of a regular polyhedron. Truncation involves cutting off the corners or vertices of the polyhedron in such a way that the original faces become polygons with new edges. This process creates new faces at the […]
While digging through the lecture archive, I found this video I made in 2017. We introduce Platonic solids and Archimedean solids in the Design Geometry course at Istanbul Bilgi University. This video shows how we can create an Archimedean solid, the Truncated Tetrahedron, by folding it from a flat sheet.While doing this, I intersected the spheres by using the relations between the side lengths of the solid, and I calculated […]
