http://topologicalmusings.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/platonic-solids-and-eulers-formula-for-polyhedra/ Topological Musings Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:02:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://topologicalmusings.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/platonic-solids-and-eulers-formula-for-polyhedra/#comment-59 Vishal Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:40:59 +0000 http://topologicalmusings.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-59 Well, indeed, I read the first few pages of <i>Proof and Refutations</i> before sorta "losing" interest in it. Maybe I should get a copy from the library again! Thanks very much for the feedback. Well, indeed, I read the first few pages of Proof and Refutations before sorta “losing” interest in it. Maybe I should get a copy from the library again! Thanks very much for the feedback.

]]> http://topologicalmusings.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/platonic-solids-and-eulers-formula-for-polyhedra/#comment-58 John Armstrong Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:04:58 +0000 http://topologicalmusings.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-58 You might want to be very careful around the Euler characteristic. Have you read Lakatos' <i>Proofs and Refutations</i>? It pretty neatly dissects some of these terms, and some of those "proofs" to figure out what's really being proved. You might want to be very careful around the Euler characteristic. Have you read Lakatos’ Proofs and Refutations? It pretty neatly dissects some of these terms, and some of those “proofs” to figure out what’s really being proved.

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