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Fullerene-like spheres with faces of negative curvature

Combinatorics 2011-12-15 v1

Abstract

Given R\subset N, an (R,k)sphereisakregularmaponthespherewhosefaceshavegonalitiesiR.Themostinteresting/usefulare(geometric)fullerenes,i.e.,({5,6},3)-sphere is a k-regular map on the sphere whose faces have gonalities i\in R. The most interesting/useful are (geometric) fullerenes, i.e., (\{5,6\},3)-spheres. Call \kappa_i=1 + \frac{i}{k} - \frac{i}{2} the curvature of i-gonal faces. (R,k)-spheres admitting \kappa_i<0 are much harder to study. We consider the symmetries and construction for three new instances of such spheres: ({a,b},k)-spheres with p_b\le 3 (they are listed), icosahedrites (i.e., ({3,4},5)$-spheres) and, for any c\in N, fullerene c-disks, i.e., ({5,6,c},3)-spheres with p_c=1.

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@article{arxiv.1112.3320,
  title  = {Fullerene-like spheres with faces of negative curvature},
  author = {Mathieu Dutour Sikiric and Michel Deza and Mikhail Shtogrin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.3320},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

24 pages, 19 figures