The
Reuleaux tetrahedron can be modified into a 'solid of constant width'
by replacing all six edges with sections of an 'envelope of spheres' -
a sphere-sweep in ray tracing terminology. The resulting solid is
spheroform and has tetrahedral symmetry.
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The
sphere envelopes extend between vertices on each edge of the unit
tetradedron (edge length 1). The radius of each sphere in the envelope
is given by the function:
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Each
sphere is tangent to the straight edge of an internal regular
tetrhadron, and tangent to the surface of the Reuleaux tetrahedron.
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Rendered Sphere Sweep
Side view
Top view
Length view
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Rendered Spheroform Tetrahedra
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More Information
and Proof
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