Railroad Tracks
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Railroad Tracks: Great Circle Energy Tracks on the Surface Of A Sphere:
"The vector equilibrium railroad tracks are trans-world-- like being in an airplane; you can go anywhere. But the icosahedron is stuck locally with no way to get to another continent. The vector equilibrium is how you go from one sphere to another, from Earth to Mars."
Citations
- Icosahedron As Local Shunting Circuit, 22 Jun'72
