Kelvin problem: Single polyhedron, non-isohedral [on hold]
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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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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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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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geometry polyhedra minimal-surfaces tessellations
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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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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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