Making efficient Platonic and Archimedean shapes in a kaleidoscope @standupmaths
Making efficient Platonic and Archimedean shapes in a kaleidoscope  @standupmaths
Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Physical card deadline: end of 06 December 2022
Digital card deadline: end of 15 December 2022
(In both cases I'll try to accommodate sign-ups after that but no promises).

This is why the christmas tree on the card is so low resolution: youtube.com/watch?v=jOTTZtVPrgo

Here is the "Deltoidal kaleidoscopes" paper by Josep Rey Nadal and Manuel Udina Abelló.
archive.bridgesmathart.org/2022/bridges2022-351.pdf

Museu de Matemàtiques de Catalunya aka "Museum of Mathematics of Catalonia" https://mmaca.cat/en/

This is the art show listing from the 2022 Bridges conference in Helsinki. gallery.bridgesmathart.org/exhibitions/2020-bridges-conference/josep-rey

For both kaleidoscopes make two mirror images of each shape.
Deltoidal Hexacontahedron Kaleidoscope Faces: dropbox.com/s/9tltpyo4v6kjfr6/DeltoidalHexacontahedronKaleidoscopeFaces.pdf?dl=0
Deltoidal Icositetrahedron Kaleidoscope Faces: dropbox.com/s/jb356rspfn5888c/DeltoidalIcositetrahedronKaleidoscopeFaces.pdf?dl=0

Here is the second channel video from 2017: "How to flat-pack a cube" youtube.com/watch?v=Kr-yV_T-_9A

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters who funded so many sheets of mirror acrylic. I actually have a bunch left over. Support me and tell me what I should do with the rest of the mirrors. patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything! My bad taping skills do not count as a mistake.

Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Shape calculations by Sam Hartburn
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
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