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Prime Volumes:

"A prime volume is different from a system. Systems have nuclei and prime volumes do not. There are only three prime volumes: tetrahedron, octahedron, and icosahedron. Prime volumes are characterized exclusively by external structural stability."

Citations

  1. SYNERGETICS text, at Sec. 1010.02 (Gray) APR'72

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