Rigorous Sculpture? 
IHP Rigorous Illustration – 2026 Jan 22
Glen Whitney
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Sponsored by

Inception

Tom Edgar
CSU Pueblo

 
 

100 Years of MAA SoCal-
Nevada (Cal State Fullerton)

Knight’s Move
(Carnegie Mellon)
The question


The question


The 5-5-4 Acrohedron problem [McNeill 2002]
orchidpalms.com/polyhedra

The Dome Question [Kenyon <2005, Glazyrin & Pak]
Which integral polygonal paths are the boundary of an arrangement of regular polygons?
Dome Conjecture [Glazyrin & Pak 2005]


The 2-2-1 isosceles triangle cannot be domed.
(iff unit rhombus with diagonals 1/2 and √3 cannot be domed)

Nearest miss

[McNeill 2004]
The secret hope
Why hope?

Why hope?


Aaron Fenyes
Why hope?


Aaron Fenyes

Why hope?


Aaron Fenyes


Give it a whirl
Time to build

In progress
Satisfaction
Achievement
Scale
Pitfalls
Pitfalls

Pitfalls

Not quite what you think
And complete
Edited
More serious
More serious
Thank you!
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