Structure of the truncated icosahedron (such as fullerene or viral coatings) and a 60-element conjugacy class in PSl(2, 11).
Work
Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: The proper symmetry group of a truncated icosahedron P is the icosahedral group PSl(2, 5). However, knowing the symmetry group is not enough to specify the graph structure (e.g., the carbon bonds for ... more
Author Bertram Kostant
Institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cites: 1
Cited by: 13
Related to: 10
FWCI: 1.967
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 75.37
Topic: Finite Group Theory Research
Subfield: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green