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- Title
Critically-Finite Dynamics on the Icosahedron.
- Authors
Crass, Scott
- Abstract
A recent effort used two rational maps on the Riemann sphere to produce polyhedral structures with properties exemplified by a soccer ball. A key feature of these maps is their respect for the rotational symmetries of the icosahedron. The present article shows how to build such "dynamical polyhedra" for other icosahedral maps. First, algebra associated with the icosahedron determines a special family of maps with 60 periodic critical points. The topological behavior of each map is then worked out and results in a geometric algorithm out of which emerges a system of edges—the dynamical polyhedron—in natural correspondence to a map's topology. It does so in a procedure that is more robust than the earlier implementation. The descriptions of the maps' geometric behavior fall into combinatorial classes the presentation of which concludes the paper.
- Subjects
ROTATIONAL symmetry; POLYHEDRA; EXERCISE; ALGEBRA
- Publication
Symmetry (20738994), 2020, Vol 12, Issue 1, p177
- ISSN
2073-8994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/sym12010177