Linus Pauling has produced an alternative explanation of the observation that solid manganese–aluminium alloy may have 5-fold symmetry on the atomic scale. How can the two views be reconciled?
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Maddox, J. Cold water on icosahedral symmetry. Nature 317, 471 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/317471a0
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