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of the Platonic solids have made them a favorite subject of... The Platonic solids have been known since antiquity... The Platonic solids feature prominently in the philosophy of... fli symbols of the five Platonic solids are given in the table below... The various angles associated with the Platonic solids are tabulated below... Another virtue of regularity is that the Platonic solids all possess three concentric spheres... following table lists the various radii of the Platonic solids together with their surface area and volume... The symmetry groups of the Platonic solids are known as... The high degree of symmetry of the Platonic solids can be interpreted in a number of ways... are only three symmetry groups associated with the Platonic solids rather than five... Platonic solids are used for naming convention of various space frame configurations... Platonic solids are often used to make... one can view the Platonic solids as the five regular tessellations of the... a symbol from which the Platonic solids may be derived...

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