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Classification of Platonic Solids

Up to similarity, the Platonic solids are the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.

Proposition 10.2

There are, up to similarity, exactly five Platonic solids:

  • the tetrahedron, with 4 triangular faces and 4 vertices,
  • the cube, with 6 square faces and 8 vertices,
  • the octahedron, with 8 triangular faces and 6 vertices,
  • the dodecahedron, with 12 pentagonal faces and 20 vertices,
  • the icosahedron, with 20 triangular faces and 12 vertices.

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