GENERAL: Algorithm for Buckyballs?

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Subj: tessellating spheres

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From: Dan Lipofsky <danlip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: tessellating spheres
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I am looking for an algorithm to generate the coordinates
for n equally spaced points on the surface of a sphere, for
arbitrary values of n.

Are all vertices of a buckyball equally spaced?
What is an algorithm for generating the coordinates
of the vertices? How much variety is there in shapes
for geodesic domes (that is, if I want to tessellate
a sphere with n points, what are my choices of n if I use
buckyball-like structures)?

Thank you for your help,
DanLip

(E-mail responses would be appreciated. Thank you.)
danlip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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