The 7 irreducible representations of Oₕ acting on the 14-face representation of the truncated octahedron map to 7 spectral bands. The base wavelength ratio λₘax²/χ = CA⁴/2 = 40. 5 is derived from the face Laplacian spectrum. Part XLVIII of the Unified Foam Field Theory.
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