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The equal-node probability measure of a radially projected icosahedral grid converges to a non-uniform pushforward measure, yet forms an equal-weight spherical five-design with its first harmonic obstruction occurring exactly in degree six. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To determine the exact spherical harmonic limits and asymptotic pushforward distribution of radially projected icosahedral grid points on the unit sphere.

August 23, 2026Open Access

Radial Icosahedral Sampling and Its First Harmonic Obstruction: Exact degree-six activation and Euler–Maclaurin coefficients

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To determine the exact spherical harmonic limits and asymptotic pushforward distribution of radially projected icosahedral grid points on the unit sphere.
Analyzed Class-I subdivided icosahedral face projections to the unit sphere using exact symbolic arithmetic and depth-six Bernstein certificates over Q(√5).
Derived simplicial Euler–Maclaurin asymptotic expansions and evaluated Galois group structures and prime cyclotomic field intersections over Q(π, √5).
Demonstrated that radial icosahedral point measures converge weakly to a non-uniform measure while identically forming equal-weight spherical 5-designs.
Identified that the earliest non-vanishing harmonic obstruction strictly activates at degree six (C₀ > 0), with exact vanishing of the odd asymptotic inverse-frequency terms f⁻¹, f⁻³, and f⁻⁵.

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MNMatthew NewmanNOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory

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Mathematical analysis reveals exact degree-six harmonic activation in radial icosahedral grids, indicating the boundary of uniform spherical measure approximation.

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Matthew Newman (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aae407677a341144471e9 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22033916

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Mathematical analysis reveals exact degree-six harmonic activation in radial icosahedral grids, indicating the boundary of uniform spherical measure approximation.

Radial Icosahedral Sampling and Its First Harmonic Obstruction: Exact degree-six activation and Euler–Maclaurin coefficients

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