Definition:Catalan Polyhedron
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Definition
A Catalan polyhedron is a dual polyhedron of an Archimedean polyhedron.
The vertices of the Catalan polyhedron are regular, and the faces are all congruent.
Also known as
A Catalan polyhedron is also known as a dual Archimedean polyhedron.
Many sources refer to it as a Catalan solid, but it is the general policy of $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ not to refer to polyhedra as solids, as this is technically a misnomer.
Also see
- Results about Catalan polyhedra can be found here.
Source of Name
This entry was named for Eugène Charles Catalan.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $13$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $13$