Octahedron

n       Octahedron

Wythoff symbol:  4 2|3 

Vertex Configuration: {3, 3, 3, 3}

Number of Faces:       8

Number of Edges :    12

Number of Vertices:   6

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          An octahedron has eight faces of an equilateral triangle. During the construction, we can place the center at (0,0,0), with a radius equal to 1 unit, and each vertex lies on the intersection of a unit sphere and three axes. The volume of such as octahedron is thus equal to 4/3 units.

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