Golden Ratio Geometry Links Icosahedron and FCC Lattice Interstices — E8 Intelligence Research
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Abstract
FINDING: The icosahedron's dihedral angle and its construction from 3 golden rectangles are directly tied to the FCC lattice's tetrahedral/octahedral interstices, revealing a shared root in the A₄ root system and the golden ratio. | MATH: Icosahedron dihedral angle = arccos(−√5/3) ≈ 138.19°; golden rectangle aspect = φ = (1+√5)/2 ≈ 1.618; FCC coordination number = 12; tetrahedral void radius ratio = 0.225, octahedral void = 0.414 (≈ √2 − 1); FCC lattice vectors: a/2[110], a/2[101], a/2[011]. | CONNECTION: The 12 vertices of the icosahedron correspond exactly to the 12 nearest-neighbor positions in an FCC lattice (each at distance a/√2). The 3 mutually perpendicular golden rectangles (each with sides 1 and φ) generate the icosahedron's 12 vertices — these same 3 orthogonal planes define the FCC unit cell's face centers. The dihedral angle 138.19° satisfies cos θ = −1/√5, linking to the golden ratio via √5. The tetrahedral interstice in FCC has 4 nearest neighbors forming a regular tetra
Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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BibTeX
@misc{caldin2026golden,
title = {{Golden Ratio Geometry Links Icosahedron and FCC Lattice Interstices — E8 Intelligence Research}},
author = {Andrew Stewart Caldin},
howpublished = {Zenodo},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23409585},
url = {https://zenodo.org/records/23409585},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Golden Ratio Geometry Links Icosahedron and FCC Lattice Interstices — E8 Intelligence Research
AU - Andrew Stewart Caldin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/16
PB - Zenodo
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23409585
UR - https://zenodo.org/records/23409585
AB - FINDING: The icosahedron's dihedral angle and its construction from 3 golden rectangles are directly tied to the FCC lattice's tetrahedral/octahedral interstices, revealing a shared root in the A₄ root system and the golden ratio. | MATH: Icosahedron dihedral angle = arccos(−√5/3) ≈ 138.19°; golden rectangle aspect = φ = (1+√5)/2 ≈ 1.618; FCC coordination number = 12; tetrahedral void radius ratio = 0.225, octahedral void = 0.414 (≈ √2 − 1); FCC lattice vectors: a/2[110], a/2[101], a/2[011]. | CONNECTION: The 12 vertices of the icosahedron correspond exactly to the 12 nearest-neighbor positions in an FCC lattice (each at distance a/√2). The 3 mutually perpendicular golden rectangles (each with sides 1 and φ) generate the icosahedron's 12 vertices — these same 3 orthogonal planes define the FCC unit cell's face centers. The dihedral angle 138.19° satisfies cos θ = −1/√5, linking to the golden ratio via √5. The tetrahedral interstice in FCC has 4 nearest neighbors forming a regular tetra Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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