Open House and Dedication of Unique Sculpture to be Hosted by Department
of Mathematics on 21 October
The sculpture measures about six feet in every direction and is mounted
on a granite base about three feet high.
13 October 2005—The Penn State Department of Mathematics will host an
open house of its extensively renovated McAllister Building, featuring a
dedication ceremony for a unique sculpture with deep mathematical
significance on 21 October 2005 at the Penn State University Park
campus. The event will begin at 3:30 p.m. with a ceremony to dedicate
the "Octacube" sculpture in the first-floor atrium of McAllister
Building, followed by an opportunity for participants to explore the
renovated building until 5:00 p.m. No good rendering of any
4-dimensional object existed anywhere in the world before the Octacube,
either in solid or virtual form, according to Adrian Ocneanu, the Penn
State professor of mathematics who designed the sculpture.
http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Math10-2005.htm
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