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arxiv: 1508.03546 · v1 · pith:CROT4YJInew · submitted 2015-08-12 · 🧮 math.MG · math.CO

Geodesic trajectories on regular polyhedra

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Consider all geodesics between two given points on a polyhedron. On the regular tetrahedron, we describe all the geodesics from a vertex to a point, which could be another vertex. Using the Stern--Brocot tree to explore the recursive structure of geodesics between vertices on a cube, we prove, in some precise sense, that there are twice as many geodesics between certain pairs of vertices than other pairs. We also obtain the fact that there are no geodesics that start and end at the same vertex on the regular tetrahedron or the cube.

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