The Poincaré homology sphere

Persiflage 2025-01-07

Summary:

This illusion (from the Chicago museum of illusions, and duplicated, I believe, in other similar museums in other cities) “almost” appears to give a tiling of \(\mathbf{R}^3\) by regular dodecahedra, which for a number of reasons is not possible. (It … Continue reading

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https://www.galoisrepresentations.com/2025/01/05/the-poincare-homology-sphere/

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Persiflage

Date tagged:

01/07/2025, 02:19

Date published:

01/05/2025, 13:05