Triangles: 28.8k
Vertices: 17.9k
More model informationFour mathematicians have cataloged all the tetrahedra with rational angles, resolving a question about basic geometric shapes using techniques from number theory.
Read the full article: Tetrahedron Solutions Finally Proved Decades After Computer Search
Model by Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine; tetrahedra generated by Martin H. Weissman, based on data by Kiran S. Kedlaya et. al.
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