Variations on the Three-Sphere: Laves' Labyrinth Lopped
Soft Condensed Matter
2026-04-15 v1 Mathematical Physics
Metric Geometry
math.MP
Abstract
Inspired by the structure of Laves networks in that underpin the celebrated gyroid surface, we construct a Laves network of identical three-coordinated vertices on with double-twist. This network is a subset of the vertices and edges of the 600-cell, and can be viewed as a bipartite graph of disjoint 24-cell vertices inscribed in the 600-cell. We describe mutually entangled realizations of this network on , and describe their relation to the well-known Laves network structure in .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.12971,
title = {Variations on the Three-Sphere: Laves' Labyrinth Lopped},
author = {Lauren Niu and Randall D. Kamien},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.12971},
year = {2026}
}