A short intro to some physical hyperbolic honeycomb models created with help from Henry Segerman, and which you can...

A short intro to some physical hyperbolic honeycomb models created with help from Henry Segerman, and which you can order for yourself.

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  1. Anton SherwoodSeptember 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM

    The sad thing about spherical models of H3 is that the infinitely dense horizon obscures the large-scale centre!  I like that you cut the {4,4,4} in half, presumably for this reason.  I wonder about half-space models.

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  2. Roice NelsonSeptember 7, 2013 at 11:04 AM

    Yep, that was one of the main reasons.  The other nice thing about cutting in half is saving on printing costs.  We should do half-ball models of these as well.

    We have played some with half-space models too, but haven't printed anything yet.  Culling out the large parts in a nice way will be a challenge.  I'll post some of the experimental pictures in a bit.

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