CoSy-seminar: "Uniform Polyhedra – or what’s in the Vitrines in House 10, Floor 4?"
- Date: 23 January 2024, 12:15–13:00
- Location: Ångström Laboratory, , Å4004
- Type: Seminar
- Lecturer: Gunilla Borgefors
- Organiser: Matematiska institutionen
- Contact person: Simon Wogel
Gunilla Borgefors holds this seminar with the title "Uniform Polyhedra – or what’s in the Vitrines in House 10, Floor 4?". Welcome!
Everyone is welcome to attend and we offer a free lunch sandwich for the first 40 people who register. If you do not want lunch, you are still free to join without registrating.
Register for a free lunch sandwich (deadline 21st of January).
Abstract: The history of the 75 uniform polyhedra starts with early humans and ends 1975. In this seminar I will tell that story. Early efforts are attributed to Plato and Archimedes – doubtful – while Johannes Kepler 1600s, Louis Poinsot 1800s, Donald Coxeter et al., 1900s really did contribute to the story. Construction principles will also be discussed and some examples presented. As an extra benefit, you will understand that most mathematicians do not die young.
This is a seminar in the seminar series held by CIM (Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematics).