Puzzling the 120-cell

DOI10.1090/NOTI1297MaRDI QIDQ2813147zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Saul Schleimer, Henry Segerman

Publication date 15 June 2016

Published in Notices of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.3549

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Recreational mathematics (00A08) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20)

Abstract: We introduce Quintessence: a family of burr puzzles based on the geometry and combinatorics of the 120-cell. We discuss the regular polytopes, their symmetries, the dodecahedron as an important special case, the three-sphere, and the quaternions. We then construct the 120-cell, giving an illustrated survey of its geometry and combinatorics. This done, we describe the pieces out of which Quintessence is made. The design of our puzzle pieces uses a drawing technique of Leonardo da Vinci; the paper ends with a catalogue of new puzzles.

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