Orthogonal opposite edges of a tetrahedron

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Place one vertex of a tetrahedron at the origin and denote the other vertex vectors by . Orthogonality of two pairs of opposite edges of a tetrahedron forces . It follows that the third pair is orthogonal too. The three sums of squared lengths of opposite edges all equal . This gives a dot product test for the special geometry without solving for the face planes.

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