Conway's spiral and a discrete G\"omb\"oc with 21 point masses
Metric Geometry
2022-08-10 v4 Combinatorics
Abstract
We show an explicit construction in 3 dimensions for a convex, mono-monostatic polyhedron (i.e., having exactly one stable and one unstable equilibrium) with 21 vertices and 21 faces. This polyhedron is a 0-skeleton, with equal masses located at each vertex. The above construction serves as an upper bound for the minimal number of faces and vertices of mono-monostatic 0-skeletons and complements the recently provided lower bound of 8 vertices. This is the first known construction of a mono-monostatic polyhedral solid. We also show that a similar construction for homogeneous distribution of mass cannot result in a mono-monostatic solid.
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@article{arxiv.2103.13727,
title = {Conway's spiral and a discrete G\"omb\"oc with 21 point masses},
author = {Gábor Domokos and Flórián Kovács},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.13727},
year = {2022}
}
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13 pages, 2 figures