Talk:First stellation of the rhombic dodecahedron

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First sentence

Latest comment: 4 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion

The first sentence is correct:

<"In geometry, the first stellation of the rhombic dodecahedron is a stellation of the rhombic dodecahedron."> ... Really?

But I think it could be even more accurate by saying:

<"In geometry, the first stellation of the rhombic dodecahedron is the first stellation of the rhombic dodecahedron.">

Am I right? :-)) I'm just joking in order to highlight the triviality of that sentence. Perhaps there is a better way to begin the article. --Little bishop (talk) 16:06, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

To be fair, the current first sentence is rather trite as well. Perhaps we could go straight into the description of the polyhedron rather than defining it as a stellation in the first sentence, but it seems a little wrong to dive straight into details without a topic sentence. QuarterNotes (talk) 21:37, 4 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

I rewrote the lead to explain the title terms rather than merely repeating them. There was a bigger problem with the article: it confused two quite different polyhedra with the same visual appearance, the self-crossing one with 12 hexagonal faces that is the stellation and the non-self-crossing one with 48 triangular faces that is the boundary of Escher's solid. I have tried to clarify the distinction between these two polyhedra. It is likely that additional improvements are possible. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:38, 4 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Ah yes. That clarifies things quite a bit. Should we add a section on Escher’s solid? Or create an entirely new article? There does not appear to be an article on it yet; in fact, this is the only article in which Escher’s solid is even mentioned, and searching “Escher’s Solid” leads to a redirect to this article. QuarterNotes (talk) 15:32, 5 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Move

Latest comment: 4 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Would anyone object if I moved this to "first stellation of the rhombic dodecahedron"? The missing article is bothering me. —David Eppstein (talk) 08:20, 5 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Makes sense! Tom Ruen (talk) 09:31, 5 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

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