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Projective superflows. II. $O(3)$ and the icosahedral group

Algebraic Geometry 2016-09-21 v4 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Let XRnX\in\mathbb{R}^{n}. For ϕ:RnRn\phi:\mathbb{R}^{n}\mapsto\mathbb{R}^{n} and tRt\in\mathbb{R}, we put ϕt=t1ϕ(Xt)\phi^{t}=t^{-1}\phi(Xt). A projective flow is a solution to the projective translation equation ϕt+s=ϕtϕs\phi^{t+s}=\phi^{t}\circ\phi^{s}, t,sRt,s\in\mathbb{R}. The projective superflow is a projective flow with a rational vector field which, among projective flows with a given symmetry, is in a sense unique and optimal. In this second part we classify 33-dimensional real superflows. Apart from the superflow ϕT^\phi_{\hat{\mathbb{T}}} (with a group of symmetries being all symmetries of a tetrahedron) and the superflow ϕO\phi_{\mathbb{O}} (with a group of symmetries being orientation preserving symmetries of an octahedron), both described in the first part of this study, here we investigate in detail the superflow ϕI\phi_{\mathbb{I}} whose group of symmetries is the icosahedral group I\mathbb{I} of order 6060. This superflow is a flow on co-centric spheres, and is also solenoidal. These three superflows is the full (up to linear conjugation) list of 33-dimensional irreducible real projective superflows. We also find all reducible 33-dimensional real superflows. There are two of them: one with group of symmetries being all symmetries of a 33-prism (group of order 1212), and the second with a group of symmetries being all symmetries of a 44-antiprism (group of order 1616).

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@article{arxiv.1606.05772,
  title  = {Projective superflows. II. $O(3)$ and the icosahedral group},
  author = {Giedrius Alkauskas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.05772},
  year   = {2016}
}

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30 pages, 7 figures, 1 table