Kind 1: Lawfuls


The lawfuls are samehirns, sameedges, and sameflats, and also have lawful flats and hirsces. The five undented ones have been known for forever, these are the Platonic shapes. The self-met ones were known but not said to be lawful until Johannas Kepler in 1619 (sistƿef, gestƿef) and Louis Poinsot in 1809 (getƿef, getƿen), and are hence named the Kepler-Poinsot shapes as to acknowledge them.


1. Fof - (FOF) fourflat. Flats are four threesides. It has four hirns and a threeside for a hirsc. Showing is x3o3o, also s4o s as a foursided twice-wedgelike and s s s as a ruted twice-wedgelike. [OBSA: tet]

2. Ƿir - (WIR) wirple. Flats are six foursides. It has eight hirns with a threeside for a hirsc. Showing is x4o3o, also x4o x as a fourside stock and x x x as a box. [OBSA: cube]

3. Eht - (EIGHT) eightflat. Flats are eight threesides and six hirns, fourside for a hirsc. Showing is o4o3x, also o3x3o as a righted fof and s6o s and s3s s as a threeside witherstock. [OBSA: oct]

4. Tƿef - (TWEF) twelveflat. Flats are twelve fivesides. This has twenty hirns and a threeside for a hirsc. Showing is x5o3o, no others. [OBSA: doe]

5. Tƿen - (TWEN) twentiflat. Flats are twenty threesides. It has twelve hirns and a fiveside for a hirsc. Showing is o5o3x, also o4s3s and s3s3s. [OBSA: ike]

6. Getƿef - (YEE twef) great twelveflat. Flats are twelve fivesides. It has twelve hirns and a fivestar for a hirsc, this is in the twen fighthede. Showing is x5o5/2o. [OBSA: gad]

7. Sistƿef - (SIS twef) small starry twelveflat. Flats are twelve fivestars. It has twelve hirns and a fiveside for a hirsc, showing is o5o5/2x. [OBSA: sissid]

8. Getƿen - (YEE twen) great twentiflat. Flats are twenty threesides with twelve hirns. It has a fivestar for a hirsc and is in the sistuf fighthede. Showing is o5/2o3x, also o4s3/2s and s3/2s3/2s. [OBSA: gike]

9. Gestƿef - (YES twef) great starry twelveflat. Flats are twelve fivestars and has twenty hirns. It has a threeside for a hirsc, showing is x5/2o3o. [OBSA: gissid]


Twins and Other-Roots

Below shows how the nine lawfuls fall into twin and other-root twosomes

Twins

Own Twin: fof

Twins: ƿir-eht, tƿef-tƿen, getƿef-sisƿef, getƿen-gestƿef

Other-Roots

No Other-Roots: fof, ƿir, eht

Other-Roots: tƿef-gestƿef, tƿen-getƿen, getƿuf-sistƿef

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