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Structure of the truncated icosahedron (e.g. fullerene or C60, viral coatings) and a 60-element conjugacy class inPSl(2, 11)

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Supported in part by NSF Grant No. 9307460-DMS

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Kostant, B. Structure of the truncated icosahedron (e.g. fullerene or C60, viral coatings) and a 60-element conjugacy class inPSl(2, 11). Selecta Mathematica, New Series 1, 163–195 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01614076

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