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Can ana regular icosahedron contain a rational point on each face?

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The title says it all: Is there a (regular) icosahedron containing a rational point on each of its facefaces?

For other Platonic solids, the affirmative answer is easy. Indeed, regular tetrahedra, cubes, and octahedra may have all their vertices rational. A dodecahedron cannot, but 8 of its vertices form a cube, and each face contains an edge of that cube as its diagonal.

The title says it all: Is there a (regular) icosahedron containing a rational point on each of its face?

For other Platonic solids, the affirmative answer is easy. Indeed, regular tetrahedra, cubes, and octahedra may have all their vertices rational. A dodecahedron cannot, but 8 of its vertices form a cube, and each face contains an edge of that cube as its diagonal.

The title says it all: Is there a (regular) icosahedron containing a rational point on each of its faces?

For other Platonic solids, the affirmative answer is easy. Indeed, regular tetrahedra, cubes, and octahedra may have all their vertices rational. A dodecahedron cannot, but 8 of its vertices form a cube, and each face contains an edge of that cube as its diagonal.

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The title says it all: Is there a (regular) icosahedron containing a rational point on each of its face?

For other Platonic solids, the affirmative answer is easy. Indeed, regular tetrahedra, cubes, and octahedra may have all their vertices rational. A dodecahedron cannot, but 8 of its vertices form a cube, and each face contains an edge of that cube as its diagonal.

The title says it all: Is there a (regular) icosahedron containing a rational point on each its face?

For other Platonic solids, the affirmative answer is easy. Indeed, regular tetrahedra, cubes, and octahedra may have all their vertices rational. A dodecahedron cannot, but 8 its vertices form a cube, and each face contains an edge of that cube as its diagonal.

The title says it all: Is there a (regular) icosahedron containing a rational point on each of its face?

For other Platonic solids, the affirmative answer is easy. Indeed, regular tetrahedra, cubes, and octahedra may have all their vertices rational. A dodecahedron cannot, but 8 of its vertices form a cube, and each face contains an edge of that cube as its diagonal.

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