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The Indian government seems to be changing its policy on the import of technology. Far from undermining Indian hopes, this may be the best assurance that they will come true.
That solids with five-fold symmetry may exist seems plausible enough, but a brief bout of calculation serves chiefly as a proof of how much more remains to be done.