On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 17:10:18 -0500, David Fontaine wrote:
>> especially because you missed one symmetry between the icosahedron, and
>> the dodecahedron.
>
>Yes, I know... I swear, it's a coincidence!  Come on, everyone knows
>Stella Octangula is a compound of two tetrahedra that fits perfectly in
>a cube.  And the golden cube in the dodecahedron, that's pretty obvious
>too.  <g>  Please fill me in on what I missed.

I haven't seen your site, but I assume he's talking about the fact that
the icosahedron is the dual of the dodecahedron, just like the octahedron
is the dual of the cube.

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