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Wednesday, 5 November 2025
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself
A shape called a ‘noperthedron’ — a faceted ball made of 150 triangles and two regular 15-sided polygons — is the first to break a long-standing rule of 3D geometry called the Rupert property (‘nopert’ is a portmanteau of ‘Rupert’ and ‘nope’). In short, there’s no way a noperthedron can pass through a straight hole in an identical shape.
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