Definition:Net of Polyhedron

This page is about net of polyhedron. For other uses, see net.

Definition

Let $\PP$ be a polyhedron.

A net of $\PP$ is a plane figure consisting of polygons, from which it is possible to construct $\PP$ by folding along certain edges and joining other edges.

Examples

Square Pyramid

This is an example of a net of a square pyramid:

Also see

• Results about nets of polyhedra can be found here.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): net: 3.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): net: 3.