Four Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra/Historical Note

Historical Note on Four Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra

The fact that there can only exist Four Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra was demonstrated by Augustin Louis Cauchy in $1812$.


Sources

  • 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Poinsot, Louis (1777-1859)
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