Polyhedral Transformation: Explosion-Implosion

Year: 2005 Authors: Robert McDermott

Core claim

A unit-edge reference cube parameterizes a continuous family of polyhedra whose symmetry transformations preserve edge length while morphing shapes such as icosahedron to dodecahedron.

Topics

polyhedral transformation, symmetry groups, computer animation, continuous morphing

Domains

geometry, polyhedra, symmetry, topology, computer graphics, visualization, architectural form

Methods

symmetry transformations, fundamental region modeling, C code simulation, animation

Media

unit edge reference cube, 3D polyhedron models, computer graphics animation, 10 minute animation

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