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Mathematician discovers rare eight-faced shape
A scientist has discovered a strange new eight-faced shape in which every face touches every other face, using a set of simple integer coordinates.
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A scientist has discovered a strange new eight-faced shape in which every face touches every other face, using a set of simple integer coordinates. Mathematicians can define abstract patterns, describing which vertices, edges and faces should connect.
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