learnedax ([personal profile] learnedax) wrote2004-07-30 10:26 pm

The thing I want

A tetrahedron, each face marked with three symbols, one at each edge. The three edges adjacent to any face share a common symbol.

The four distinct symbols: I3 Φ e π

[identity profile] its-just-me.livejournal.com 2004-07-31 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'm offically confused

[identity profile] herooftheage.livejournal.com 2004-07-31 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
So what is the problem? There's 12 edges, the symbols come in pairs, so two have to get repeated, but not matching other symbols on the face. Here's an easy solution: label the 4 vertices 1-4.

Triangle:

123 eøI
134 Ieπ
124 eIπ
234 øeI

giving 4 e, 4 I, 2 ø and 2π for this solution. The rest is just taking a 4 sided die and some contact paper. Pick whichever of the six combinations you like here.

Or did I just miss the joke?

[identity profile] londo.livejournal.com 2004-07-31 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a shame it's not a d5 with e, pi, i, 1, 0. We could call it a dEuler.

[identity profile] qedrakmar.livejournal.com 2004-07-31 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.koplowgames.com/ looks like a good start. They seem to do some custom dice. Might only cost you a few bucks. They also sell blank d4's which you could dremel out yourself. ;)