Thanks! In the clip, the problem was formulated as finding a polyhedron with more holes than faces. On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 11:06 AM Marc LeBrun <mlb@well.com> wrote:
IIRC the "holyhedron" problem (assuming that's the same thing as you're referring to) was broached here on math-fun back in the late 90's, possibly by John Conway, and discussed here for a while (eg the "stella octangula" was ruled out). Then I think Conway and Jade Vinson found the first solution, and perhaps even offered a prize for a simpler one. I too would love to see a picture of a simple solution!
On Mar 19, 2020, at 9:44 PM, Leo Broukhis <leob@mailcom.com> wrote:
I've just heard on a Russian YouTube stream (streamed live yesterday) that a polyhedron with 24 sides and 25 holes has been found, instead of the previously known 4095-sided polyhedron with 4096 holes.
No picture was shown, unfortunately.
Who posed the problem and when? Is a picture of the new solution available?
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