Boerdijk–Coxeter helix
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Boerdijk–Coxeter helix
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The Boerdijk–Coxeter helix, named after H. S. M. Coxeter and Arie Hendrick Boerdijk, is a linear stacking of regular tetrahedra, arranged so that the edges of the complex that belong to only one tetrahedron form three intertwined helices. There are two chiral forms, with either clockwise or counterclockwise windings. Unlike any other stacking of Platonic solids, the Boerdijk–Coxeter helix is not rotationally repetitive in 3-dimensional space. Even in an infinite string of stacked tetrahedra, no
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Linear stacking of regular tetrahedra that form helices
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerdijk%E2%80%93Coxeter_helix
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2024-04-11T21:35:54Z
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