8.5.2 Nets
What are other ways to represent a 3d shape in two dimensions? We saw last class that you can use one of several different views, but we can also take the shape and look at its "skin". When you cut a polyhedron along some of its edges to lay it flat, we get a net:
Resources:
Fun Ideas with Nets and Networks
- Polyhedron Nets (paper nets)
- Konigsberg Network Problems - read about Euler's solution to the "bridge" problem and about 4 colour map theory!
- Six Degrees of Separation Network theory was the foundation for the idea that every person in the world is connected by no more than 6 connections. This was popularized in the game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" that appeared in the early 1990's. While designed to be a trivia game, the Oracle of Bacon will quickly find any actor's "Bacon Number" for you.
Assignment:
- P173 #3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, *12 *13
