Enzensberger star

The Enzensberger star is a three-dimensional algebraic surface named after the writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger . The German Mathematicians Association (DMV) presented its media prizes on November 10, 2006 in the Leibniz Hall of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and awarded the 6th degree polynomial

${\ displaystyle 400 (x ^ {2} y ^ {2} + y ^ {2} z ^ {2} + x ^ {2} z ^ {2}) - (1-x ^ {2} -y ^ {2} -z ^ {2}) ^ {3} = 0}$

given the same name in honor of Enzensberger.

The surface has the shape of a star with six points that are formed along the four-fold axes of symmetry of an octahedron . It has the same symmetry as the octahedron or the hexahedron (cube) . The tips are connected to one another by elegantly curved surfaces. The factor 400 gives the star a pleasing shape. The Enzensberger star primarily has the character of a work of art and is of lesser mathematical importance.

Individual evidence

^ Rainer Schulze-Pillot : Media Prize and Journalist Prize of the DMV . In: Messages from the DMV . tape 15 , no. 1 , February 2007, ISSN 0947-4471 , p. 22 , doi : 10.1515 / dmvm-2007-0009 .
↑ Jochen Brüning : The area of the poet . In: Messages from the DMV . tape 15 , no. 1 , February 2007, ISSN 0947-4471 , p. 33-36 , doi : 10.1515 / dmvm-2007-0014 .

[1] Rainer Schulze-Pillot : Media Prize and Journalist Prize of the DMV . In: Messages from the DMV . tape 15 , no. 1 , February 2007, ISSN 0947-4471 , p. 22 , doi : 10.1515 / dmvm-2007-0009 .

[2] Jochen Brüning : The area of the poet . In: Messages from the DMV . tape 15 , no. 1 , February 2007, ISSN 0947-4471 , p. 33-36 , doi : 10.1515 / dmvm-2007-0014 .