Fourier transform of an icosahedron @davidamadore
Fourier transform of an icosahedron  @davidamadore
Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video shows the Fourier transform of the vertices of a regular icosahedron (i.e., of a sum of Dirac δ distributions, one at each vertex of the dodecahedron) as a 3D function viewed through 2D slices, represented as levels of gray.

The vertices are at: (0, ±1, ±ϕ), (±1, ±ϕ, 0), (±ϕ, 0, ±1).
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Fourier transform of an icosahedron

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