Magnetic Sphere Constructions

Year: 2017 Authors: Henry Segerman; Rosa Zwier

Core claim

Loops and saddles of magnetic spheres support new planar tilings and a buckyball construction, while the dodecahedron is argued to be probably impossible.

Topics

magnetic sphere sculptures, polyhedral construction, planar tilings, stability and equilibrium, buckyball

Domains

topology, graph theory, geometry, differential topology, vector calculus, mathematical sculpture, toy design, visual art

Methods

heuristic construction rules, Poincaré-Hopf theorem, dipole model, equilibrium analysis, 3D printed scaffold

Media

magnetic spheres, 3D printed scaffold, physical sculptures, planar loop assemblies

Source status

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