№ 096 · 08·A3·D

Quanta of space

1988– · Loop quantum gravity

Idea

08 of 10

Layout

Route A · diagonal · seed 7

Theme

dark · dark-grain texture

Drawing

Nodes on a jittered hexagonal lattice, each joined to up to three near neighbours (links shorter than 1.45 units, 14 % dropped at random); seeded. Schematic: real spin networks are three-dimensional and carry spin numbers.

Figures

• Fig. 8.7Amuletic Knot, ca. 1473–1458 BCE
• Fig. 8.8Piece of network, 17th century
• Fig. 8.13Honeycomb Quilt, Elizabeth Van Horne Clarkson, ca. 1830
• Fig. 8.14Chain, China
• Fig. 8.15Chain, China
• Fig. 8.16Tjes-Knot Amulet, ca. 1473–1458 BCE
• Fig. 8.17Chain, Roman, 3rd–4th century

Format

1680 × 2376 · 1 : 1.414 · AVIF 8 KB / 22 KB / 66 KB

Use

© 2026 Rantasalo & Co. Oy. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: share unchanged, with credit, non-commercially. Photographs and textures: public domain (CC0), The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access.