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So far, we have only studied the symmetries of flat two-dimensional objects in the plane. In this chapter, we discuss the symmetries of solid three-dimensional objects in space. Look at the following solid objects, and rank them from the most symmetric to the least symmetric.
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Tapp, K. (2012). Symmetries of Solid Objects. In: Symmetry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0299-2_7
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