¶ Railroad Tracks: Great Circle Energy Tracks on the Surface Of A Sphere
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Now I have found that nature insists on doing things most economically. We find that energy insists on following the convex surface. It has to follow the great circles. We find the 25 great circles of symmetry of the VE have a very interesting characteristic: every one of them goes through the 12 vertexes. The 12 vertexes are made out of spheres in closest packing, packed 12-around-one. These are the points of tangency of spheres in closest packing. We have here 25 railroad tracks by which energy can go from here to there anywhere in the Universe in the shortest possible way and it is the only way it will go. Thses are the only possible transfers from here to there. So then if you want to go from here to there in the Universe, you have to follow these surfaces and you have to go through these contact points. So these 25 great circles represent a very special set of events because some of them, for instance the four great circles go through six vertexes; three great circles only go through four vertexes, etc.; they have different opportunities to peel off. They require different frequencies. I think
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- RBF to Verner Smythe, NYC, Reel 2, pp.8-9, 25 Feb’69
