Every Platonic Solid Has Exactly Two Golden Cuts: the DICTO-Kepler Golden Truncations and the DICTO-GTT-Solids

Ten Greater and Lesser Golden Cut solids; at the octahedron, Icosaxes and Unborn Axes, which fill space and are sections of the 24-cell. A truncated triangle is a hexagon with all six angles 120° and sides alternating between two lengths; the regular hexagon is the case of equal sides. DICTO observed that this face runs through his recent solids. By exact computation over Q(√5) we show that among the 69 solids of the DICTO Solids dataset every hexagonal face with 3-fold symmetry is a truncated triangle: regular in nine solids, and non-regular, with its two sides in a ratio from Q(√5), in eight single solids and one assembly; the three single solids whose ratio is exactly φ, Icosaxes, Unborn Axes and White Knight, are the DICTO-GTT-Solids. We then prove that cutting every corner of a Platonic solid equally so that each original face becomes a truncated polygon with sides in the golden ratio φ gives exactly two solids for each Platonic solid, ten in all, the DICTO-Kepler golden truncations, which we name the Greater and Lesser Golden Cut solids. At the octahedron they are the two semi-uniform truncated octahedra of Koca et al., DICTO's Icosaxes and Unborn Axes, the pair that #48 found filling space. Both golden pairs are sections of regular four-dimensional solids at the same fractions of the way from the centre to a cell: in the 24-cell (octahedral pair) and in the 120-cell (icosahedral pair), at 1/φ² and 1/φ, either side of the Archimedean section at 1/2. The observation, the solids and the family names are DICTO's. Computation, proofs, exact checks and drafting with Claude (Anthropic); an independent review by Fable (Anthropic) checked every theorem and number. Version 2: retitled; the vertex-first Icosaxes section of the 120-cell is now checked exactly. View in the app: https://kaleidohedra.dictospheres.com/?open=goldencut:DODECAHEDRON

Authors

Publication Details

Journal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-11-03
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23896439
Citations
3
Primary Topic
Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
Type
preprint
Controls
|||
ALL TIME
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
preprint

Every Platonic Solid Has Exactly Two Golden Cuts: the DICTO-Kepler Golden Truncations and the DICTO-GTT-Solids

DICTO
3 citations
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
preprint

Every Platonic Solid Has Exactly Two Golden Cuts: the DICTO-Kepler Golden Truncations and the DICTO-GTT-Solids

DICTO
preprint en
3 citations

Abstract

Ten Greater and Lesser Golden Cut solids; at the octahedron, Icosaxes and Unborn Axes, which fill space and are sections of the 24-cell. A truncated triangle is a hexagon with all six angles 120° and sides alternating between two lengths; the regular hexagon is the case of equal sides. DICTO observed that this face runs through his recent solids. By exact computation over Q(√5) we show that among the 69 solids of the DICTO Solids dataset every hexagonal face with 3-fold symmetry is a truncated triangle: regular in nine solids, and non-regular, with its two sides in a ratio from Q(√5), in eight single solids and one assembly; the three single solids whose ratio is exactly φ, Icosaxes, Unborn Axes and White Knight, are the DICTO-GTT-Solids. We then prove that cutting every corner of a Platonic solid equally so that each original face becomes a truncated polygon with sides in the golden ratio φ gives exactly two solids for each Platonic solid, ten in all, the DICTO-Kepler golden truncations, which we name the Greater and Lesser Golden Cut solids. At the octahedron they are the two semi-uniform truncated octahedra of Koca et al., DICTO's Icosaxes and Unborn Axes, the pair that #48 found filling space. Both golden pairs are sections of regular four-dimensional solids at the same fractions of the way from the centre to a cell: in the 24-cell (octahedral pair) and in the 120-cell (icosahedral pair), at 1/φ² and 1/φ, either side of the Archimedean section at 1/2. The observation, the solids and the family names are DICTO's. Computation, proofs, exact checks and drafting with Claude (Anthropic); an independent review by Fable (Anthropic) checked every theorem and number. Version 2: retitled; the vertex-first Icosaxes section of the 120-cell is now checked exactly. View in the app: https://kaleidohedra.dictospheres.com/?open=goldencut:DODECAHEDRON

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
AI Navigator

Ask Laika to Summarize, Analyze, and Connect papers live on the map.

Summarize Papers & Methodologies

Extract key findings, datasets, and comparative methods across publications.

Benchmark Rankings & Visual Analytics

Rank top research institutions, authors, funders, topics, and journals by Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) and paper volume with instant charts.

Connect Distant Disciplines

Bridge topological clusters on the map to find hidden collaborative intersections.

Laika access coming soon
Every Platonic Solid Has Exactly Two Golden Cuts: the DICTO-Kepler Golden Truncations and the DICTO-GTT-Solids — DICTO · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS