Hi, with these considerations* the following questions evolve when looking at the 12 pentagons:

1. Is the truncated icosahedron related to 12 dimensions?

1.1. Is the football (soccer ball) related to 12 dimensions? (Intuitively I say that's very unlikely, but rational reasoning says yes.)

2. Are some or all icosahedral GOLDBERG polyhedrons related to 12 dimensions? (Background: The HIV capsid can be seen as an icosahedral GOLDBERG polyhedron.)

Thank You for critical reflection.

Thank You for (any) answer.

Yours Stefan Geier, Haidholzen

Literature:

*Geier Stefan: #AIDS2024 The HIV capsid: 12 pentamers and quantum biology allow new ways of drug development. June 2024 https://humanistischebetrachtungen1.blogspot.com/2024/07/aids2024-hiv-capsid-12-pentamers-and.html?spref=tw

Liu Yuanpeng, Lee Ting-Uei, Rezaee Javan Anooshe and Xie Yi Min: Extending Goldberg’s method to parametrize and control the geometry of Goldberg polyhedra. 2022, R. Soc. Open Sci.9220675 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220675

Caspar DL, Klug A. 1962 Physical principles in the construction of regular viruses. In Cold Spring Harbor Symp. on Quantitative Biology, vol. 27, pp. 1–24. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Crick FH, Watson JD. 1956 Structure of small viruses. Nature 177, 473–475. (doi:10.1038/177473a0)