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A156547 Decimal expansion of the central angle of a regular dodecahedron. +0
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OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

If A and B are neighboring vertices of a regular dodecahedron having

center O, then the central angle AOB is this number; exact value is

arccos((1/3)*sqrt(5)). The (minimal) central angle of the other four

regular polyhedra are as follows:

tetrahedron, A156546

cube, A137914

octahedron, A019669

icosahedron, A105199.

FORMULA

The dodecahedron has 12 faces and 20 vertices. To find the central angle,

we need any neighboring pair of vertices. Here are all 20 vertices:

(d,d,d) where d is 1 or -1 (that's 8 vertices);

(0, d*(t-1),d*t), where d is 1 or -1 and d = golden ratio = (1+sqrt(5))/2;

(d*(t-1), d*t, 0); and ((d*t,0,d*(t-1));

An example of a neighboring pair is (1,1,1) and (0,t,t-1).

Apply the usual formula for the cosine of the angle between two vectors.

EXAMPLE

arccos((1/3)*sqrt(5))=0.729727656226966..., or, in degrees,

41.810314895778598065857916730578259531014119535901347753...

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A031026 A021936 A154176 this_sequence A003673 A021141 A147677

Adjacent sequences: A156544 A156545 A156546 this_sequence A156548 A156549 A156550

KEYWORD

nonn,cons

AUTHOR

Clark Kimberling (ck6(AT)evansville.edu), Feb 09 2009

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