Periodic modification of the Boerdijk-Coxeter helix (tetrahelix)

arXiv1302.1174MaRDI QIDQ6239381FDOQ6239381

Authors: Garrett Sadler, Fang Fang, J. Kovács, Klee Irwin 

Publication date: 1 February 2013

Abstract: The Boerdijk-Coxeter helix is a helical structure of tetrahedra which possesses no non-trivial translational or rotational symmetries. In this document, we develop a procedure by which this structure is modified to obtain both translational and rotational (upon projection) symmetries along/about its central axis. We report the finding of several, distinct periodic structures, and focus on two particular forms related to the pentagonal and icosahedral aggregates of tetrahedra as well as Buckminster Fuller's "jitterbug transformation".

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