Polyhedra in physics, chemistry and geometry (Q1878642): Difference between revisions

This is an expository survey paper about the appearance of convex three-dimensional polyhedra in several areas of modern physics and chemistry. Several of the examples concern the investigation of arrangements of points that minimize certain energy functions (e.g. electrons on a sphere). The presentation is lively and entertaining, but it does not follow more traditional terminology about polyhedra (e.g. as in \textit{G. M. Ziegler}'s book `Lecture notes on polytopes' (1995; Zbl 0823.52002)).