Definition:Rhombohedron/Mistake
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Source Work
1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.)
2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):
- rhombohedron
Mistake
- A hexagonal prism.
Correction
A hexagonal prism is a prism whose bases are hexagonal.
This is not compatible with the definition that a rhombohedron is a parallelepiped whose faces are all rhombi.
It is believed that this is the result of a conflation with hexahedron.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): rhombohedron
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): rhombohedron