The video discusses various geometric solids made from equilateral triangles, known as deltahedra. It explains how to construct eight strictly convex deltahedra, including pyramids (tetrahedron, square, pentagonal), prisms, antiprisms, bipyramids, and augmented prisms. The presenter demonstrates building each shape with physical models and discusses concepts like elongation, gyroelongation, and snubification. The final shape discussed is the snub disphenoid. The video is educational and uses humor and visual aids to enhance understanding.
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1. A regular icosahedron has 20 faces and all of them are equilateral triangles.
2. A tetrahedron is a solid with 4 faces, all of which are equilateral triangles.
3. A prism is a solid made by connecting two parallel polygons with rectangles.
4. A pyramid is a solid made by connecting a polygon base to a point.
5. A strictly convex deltahedron is a solid made entirely out of equilateral triangles with no concavities.
6. There are an infinite number of deltahedra, but only 8 are strictly convex.
7. The 8 strictly convex deltahedra are: tetrahedron, octahedron, square bipyramid, triangular bipyramid, pentagonal bipyramid, gyroelongated square bipyramid, triaugmented triangular prism, and snub disphenoid.
8. A snub disphenoid is a solid made by replacing the square faces of a square antiprism with equilateral triangles.
9. A disphenoid is a solid with a wedge-like shape.
10. Expansion is a geometric process that involves moving the faces of a solid perpendicular to themselves away from the center.
11. Snubification is a geometric process that involves expanding the faces of a solid and connecting them with equilateral triangles.
12. A snub cube is a solid made by snubifying a cube.