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shalmanese
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Technically, a gomboc is a D1.00…001.
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cubefox
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Any normal die could also land on an edge.
layer8
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It’s infinitely unlikely to do so, a set of measure zero.
cubefox
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Just as with the gömböc. Though the latter balances on only one unstable axis while a D6 die does so on 20 (12 edges and 8 vertices).
Y_Y
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Vertices aren't axes! They have the wrong dimensionality.
cubefox
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Let's instead call the balance things in question "balance things".
Y_Y
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_set
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