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What is the solution to the Kelvin problem under the restriction of only one type of (not necessarily isohedral) polyhedron? Is it the truncated octahedron? Proof?






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          The truncated octahedron is indeed the correct answer as there are only 5 types of parallelohedra, among which it is optimal.



          Cp. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelohedron






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            The truncated octahedron is indeed the correct answer as there are only 5 types of parallelohedra, among which it is optimal.



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              The truncated octahedron is indeed the correct answer as there are only 5 types of parallelohedra, among which it is optimal.



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                The truncated octahedron is indeed the correct answer as there are only 5 types of parallelohedra, among which it is optimal.



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                The truncated octahedron is indeed the correct answer as there are only 5 types of parallelohedra, among which it is optimal.



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