The Neoplatonic conjecture for Euclidean realizations

A 6-net is a simplicial triangulation of the 22-sphere with maximum degree at most 66. A net is prime if every 33-cycle bounds a face. For a 66-net σ\sigma, write Δ(σ)\Delta(\sigma) for its Euclidean realization, when it exists.

Neoplatonic conjecture. Any 66-net σ\sigma has a realization, unique up to isometry, as an undented Euclidean polyhedron Δ(σ)\Delta(\sigma) built from equilateral triangles of side length 11.

The conjecture is motivated by computational experiments and by the proved existence results for all 66-nets with at most 5050 vertices; uniqueness of the Euclidean realization is not established in the source.

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Peter Doyle and Matthew Ellison, “Neoplatonic solids”, arXiv:2607.26363 (2026).

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