diff --git a/Test-problems.md b/Test-problems.md index 3b788f7..92bd291 100644 --- a/Test-problems.md +++ b/Test-problems.md @@ -122,16 +122,38 @@ Rhombic ring of icosahedra - **Author:** RobertLovesPi - **Published:** [“A Rhombic Ring of Icosahedra, Leading to a Rhombic Dodecahedron Made of Icosahedra.”](https://robertlovespi.net/2015/09/15/a-rhombic-ring-of-icosahedra-leading-to-a-rhombic-dodecahedron-made-of-icosahedra/) RobertLovesPi.net (September 15, 2015). +Almost-ring of 48 tetrahedra + +- **Author:** Ian Stewart +- **Published:** “Steinhaus’s Problem on Chains of Regular Tetrahedra.” + +Quadrahelix and octahelix + +- **Author:** Michael Elgersma and Stan Wagon +- **Published:** “The Quadrahelix: A Nearly Perfect Loop of Tetrahedra.” [`arXiv:1610.00280`](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1610.00280) (November 7, 2016). + +Almost-ring of thirteen square anti-prisms + +- **Author:** Jim McNeill +- **Published:** [“A ring of anti-prisms”](https://www.orchidpalms.com/polyhedra/acrohedra/nearmiss/aprism-rings.html). [Polyhedra](https://www.orchidpalms.com/polyhedra/). + #### Statement -Choose a rigid ring of polyhedra. Assemble it by constraining distances between vertices or angles between faces. +Choose a rigid ring or almost-ring of polyhedra. Assemble it by constraining distances between vertices or angles between faces. If it's a ring, verify that it closes and is rigid. If it's an almost-ring, verify that it doesn't close. #### Notes Here are some examples of interesting rings: - A ring of eight dodecahedra -- A [rhombic ring](https://robertlovespi.net/2015/09/15/a-rhombic-ring-of-icosahedra-leading-to-a-rhombic-dodecahedron-made-of-icosahedra/) of eight icosahedra +- [A rhombic ring of eight icosahedra](https://robertlovespi.net/2015/09/15/a-rhombic-ring-of-icosahedra-leading-to-a-rhombic-dodecahedron-made-of-icosahedra/) + +Here are some examples of interesting almost-rings + +- An almost-ring of 48 tetrahedra (Stewart 2023, Figure 2) +- A quadrahelix almost-ring of tetrahedra (Wagon and Elgersma, 2016) +- An octahelix almost-ring of tetrahedra (Wagon and Elgersma, 2016) +- [An almost-ring of thirteen square anti-prisms](https://www.orchidpalms.com/polyhedra/acrohedra/nearmiss/aprism-rings.html) ## Exploring configuration spaces