The Borromean Rings: A Video about the New IMU Logo
Charles Gunn and John M. Sullivan

Bridges Leeuwarden: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 63–70

Abstract

This paper describes our video The Borromean Rings: A new logo for the IMU, which was premiered at the opening ceremony of the last International Congress. The video explains some of the mathematics behind the logo of the International Mathematical Union, which is based on the tight configuration of the Borromean rings. This configuration has pyritohedral symmetry, so the video includes an exploration of this interesting symmetry group.

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