Sculptural Presentation of the Icosahedral Rotation Group

摘要

A 1.2 meter diameter wooden geometric sculpture was assembled by participants at the McKay conference. Its sixty components are in one-to-one correspondence with the elements of the icosahedral rotation group. We constructed it on the first day, so the sculpture served as a centerpiece in the common room until we disassembled it on the last day. It presents the beauty of symmetry in a visual form, analogous to the mathematical beauty presented in more abstract form in talks in the conference hall.