The rotations of the cuboctahedron
The red straw, laid between the mirrors that form an angle of 45°, shows the 3 rotation axes of order 4 in the cuboctahedron (the lines which go through the centres of two opposite square faces).
You can see the other rotation axes or all the axes together.
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The image belongs to the sections...:
The symmetry group of the cube (*432) (Symmetry)
In the blue kaleidoscope (cube) (From the exhibitions of matematita)
Uniform polyhedra and their duals (3D geometry)
Further information:
http://specchi.mat.unimi.it
