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by smokel 237 days ago
The puzzle applies only to convex polyhedra.
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The article says:

> The full menagerie of shapes is too diverse to get a handle on, so mathematicians tend to focus on convex polyhedra

The phrase "tend to focus on" suggests it's not an exclusive thing. However, you're right -- it appears that the Rupert property only applies to convex polyhedra, so the article title and text is at the very least incomplete given that a sphere is a shape.