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Semiregular Honeycomb
In geometry, by Thorold Gosset's definition a semiregular polytope is usually taken to be a polytope that is vertex-transitive and has all its facets being regular polytopes. E.L. Elte compiled a longer list in 1912 as ''The Semiregular Polytopes of the Hyperspaces'' which included a wider definition. Gosset's list In three-dimensional space and below, the terms ''semiregular polytope'' and ''uniform polytope'' have identical meanings, because all uniform polygons must be regular. However, since not all uniform polyhedra are regular, the number of semiregular polytopes in dimensions higher than three is much smaller than the number of uniform polytopes in the same number of dimensions. The three convex semiregular 4-polytopes are the rectified 5-cell, snub 24-cell and rectified 600-cell. The only semiregular polytopes in higher dimensions are the ''k''21 polytopes, where the rectified 5-cell is the special case of ''k'' = 0. These were all listed by Gosset, but a proof of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniform Polytope
In geometry, a uniform polytope of dimension three or higher is a vertex-transitive polytope bounded by uniform facets. The uniform polytopes in two dimensions are the regular polygons (the definition is different in 2 dimensions to exclude vertex-transitive even-sided polygons that alternate two different lengths of edges). This is a generalization of the older category of ''semiregular'' polytopes, but also includes the regular polytopes. Further, star regular faces and vertex figures ( star polygons) are allowed, which greatly expand the possible solutions. A strict definition requires uniform polytopes to be finite, while a more expansive definition allows uniform honeycombs (2-dimensional tilings and higher dimensional honeycombs) of Euclidean and hyperbolic space to be considered polytopes as well. Operations Nearly every uniform polytope can be generated by a Wythoff construction, and represented by a Coxeter diagram. Notable exceptions include the great dirhombic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 21 Polytope
In 6-dimensional geometry, the 221 polytope is a uniform 6-polytope, constructed within the symmetry of the E6 group. It was discovered by Thorold Gosset, published in his 1900 paper. He called it an 6-ic semi-regular figure. It is also called the Schläfli polytope. Its Coxeter symbol is 221, describing its bifurcating Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of one of the 2-node sequences. He also studied its connection with the 27 lines on the cubic surface, which are naturally in correspondence with the vertices of 221. The rectified 221 is constructed by points at the mid-edges of the 221. The birectified 221 is constructed by points at the triangle face centers of the 221, and is the same as the rectified 122. These polytopes are a part of family of 39 convex uniform polytopes in 6-dimensions, made of uniform 5-polytope facets and vertex figures, defined by all permutations of rings in this Coxeter-Dynkin diagram: . 2_21 polytope The 221 has 27 verti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5-polytope
In geometry, a five-dimensional polytope (or 5-polytope) is a polytope in five-dimensional space, bounded by (4-polytope) facets, pairs of which share a polyhedral cell. Definition A 5-polytope is a closed five-dimensional figure with vertices, edges, faces, and cells, and 4-faces. A vertex is a point where five or more edges meet. An edge is a line segment where four or more faces meet, and a face is a polygon where three or more cells meet. A cell is a polyhedron, and a 4-face is a 4-polytope. Furthermore, the following requirements must be met: # Each cell must join exactly two 4-faces. # Adjacent 4-faces are not in the same four-dimensional hyperplane. # The figure is not a compound of other figures which meet the requirements. Characteristics The topology of any given 5-polytope is defined by its Betti numbers and torsion coefficients.Richeson, D.; ''Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topoplogy'', Princeton, 2008. The value of the Euler characteristic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5-demicube
In five-dimensional geometry, a demipenteract or 5-demicube is a semiregular 5-polytope, constructed from a ''5-hypercube'' (penteract) with alternated vertices removed. It was discovered by Thorold Gosset. Since it was the only semiregular 5-polytope (made of more than one type of regular facets), he called it a 5-ic semi-regular. E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as HM5 for a 5-dimensional ''half measure'' polytope. Coxeter named this polytope as 121 from its Coxeter diagram, which has branches of length 2, 1 and 1 with a ringed node on one of the short branches, and Schläfli symbol \left\ or . It exists in the k21 polytope family as 121 with the Gosset polytopes: 221, 321, and 421. The graph formed by the vertices and edges of the demipenteract is sometimes called the Clebsch graph, though that name sometimes refers to the folded cube graph of order five instead. Cartesian coordinates Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semiregular E-polytope
In geometry, a uniform ''k''21 polytope is a polytope in ''k'' + 4 dimensions constructed from the ''E''''n'' Coxeter group, and having only regular polytope facets. The family was named by their Coxeter symbol ''k''21 by its bifurcating Coxeter–Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of the ''k''-node sequence. Thorold Gosset discovered this family as a part of his 1900 enumeration of the regular and semiregular polytopes, and so they are sometimes called Gosset's semiregular figures. Gosset named them by their dimension from 5 to 9, for example the ''5-ic semiregular figure''. Family members The sequence as identified by Gosset ends as an infinite tessellation (space-filling honeycomb) in 8-space, called the E8 lattice. (A final form was not discovered by Gosset and is called the E9 lattice: 621. It is a tessellation of hyperbolic 9-space constructed of ∞ 9-simplex and ∞ 9-orthoplex facets with all vertices at infinity.) The family starts uniquely as 6- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniform K 21 Polytope
In geometry, a uniform ''k''21 polytope is a polytope in ''k'' + 4 dimensions constructed from the ''E''''n'' Coxeter group, and having only regular polytope facets. The family was named by their Coxeter symbol ''k''21 by its bifurcating Coxeter–Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of the ''k''-node sequence. Thorold Gosset discovered this family as a part of his 1900 enumeration of the regular and semiregular polytopes, and so they are sometimes called Gosset's semiregular figures. Gosset named them by their dimension from 5 to 9, for example the ''5-ic semiregular figure''. Family members The sequence as identified by Gosset ends as an infinite tessellation (space-filling honeycomb) in 8-space, called the E8 lattice. (A final form was not discovered by Gosset and is called the E9 lattice: 621. It is a tessellation of hyperbolic 9-space constructed of ∞ 9-simplex and ∞ 9-orthoplex facets with all vertices at infinity.) The family starts uniquely as 6- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rectified 600-cell
In geometry, the rectified 600-cell or rectified hexacosichoron is a convex uniform 4-polytope composed of 600 regular octahedra and 120 icosahedra cells. Each edge has two octahedra and one icosahedron. Each vertex has five octahedra and two icosahedra. In total it has 3600 triangle faces, 3600 edges, and 720 vertices. Containing the cell realms of both the regular 120-cell and the regular 600-cell, it can be considered analogous to the polyhedron icosidodecahedron, which is a rectified icosahedron and rectified dodecahedron. The vertex figure of the rectified 600-cell is a uniform pentagonal prism. Semiregular polytope It is one of three semiregular 4-polytopes made of two or more cells which are Platonic solids, discovered by Thorold Gosset in his 1900 paper. He called it a ''octicosahedric'' for being made of octahedron and icosahedron cells. E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as tC600. Alternate names * octicosahedric (Thorold Gos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snub 24-cell
In geometry, the snub 24-cell or snub disicositetrachoron is a convex uniform 4-polytope composed of 120 regular tetrahedral and 24 icosahedral cells. Five tetrahedra and three icosahedra meet at each vertex. In total it has 480 triangular faces, 432 edges, and 96 vertices. One can build it from the 600-cell by diminishing a select subset of icosahedral pyramids and leaving only their icosahedral bases, thereby removing 480 tetrahedra and replacing them with 24 icosahedra. Topologically, under its highest symmetry, +,4,3 as an alternation of a truncated 24-cell, it contains 24 pyritohedra (an icosahedron with Th symmetry), 24 regular tetrahedra, and 96 triangular pyramids. Semiregular polytope It is one of three semiregular 4-polytopes made of two or more cells which are Platonic solids, discovered by Thorold Gosset in his 1900 paper. He called it a ''tetricosahedric'' for being made of tetrahedron and icosahedron cells. (The other two are the rectified 5-cell and rectified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rectified 5-cell
In four-dimensional geometry, the rectified 5-cell is a uniform 4-polytope composed of 5 regular tetrahedral and 5 regular octahedral cells. Each edge has one tetrahedron and two octahedra. Each vertex has two tetrahedra and three octahedra. In total it has 30 triangle faces, 30 edges, and 10 vertices. Each vertex is surrounded by 3 octahedra and 2 tetrahedra; the vertex figure is a triangular prism. Topologically, under its highest symmetry, ,3,3 there is only one geometrical form, containing 5 regular tetrahedra and 5 rectified tetrahedra (which is geometrically the same as a regular octahedron). It is also topologically identical to a tetrahedron-octahedron segmentochoron. The vertex figure of the ''rectified 5-cell'' is a uniform triangular prism, formed by three octahedra around the sides, and two tetrahedra on the opposite ends. Despite having the same number of vertices as cells (10) and the same number of edges as faces (30), the rectified 5-cell is not self-dual becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4-polytope
In geometry, a 4-polytope (sometimes also called a polychoron, polycell, or polyhedroid) is a four-dimensional polytope. It is a connected and closed figure, composed of lower-dimensional polytopal elements: vertices, edges, faces (polygons), and cells (polyhedra). Each face is shared by exactly two cells. The 4-polytopes were discovered by the Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli before 1853. The two-dimensional analogue of a 4-polytope is a polygon, and the three-dimensional analogue is a polyhedron. Topologically 4-polytopes are closely related to the uniform honeycombs, such as the cubic honeycomb, which tessellate 3-space; similarly the 3D cube is related to the infinite 2D square tiling. Convex 4-polytopes can be ''cut and unfolded'' as nets in 3-space. Definition A 4-polytope is a closed four-dimensional figure. It comprises vertices (corner points), edges, faces and cells. A cell is the three-dimensional analogue of a face, and is therefore a polyhedron. Each fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regular Polyhedra
A regular polyhedron is a polyhedron whose symmetry group acts transitively on its flags. A regular polyhedron is highly symmetrical, being all of edge-transitive, vertex-transitive and face-transitive. In classical contexts, many different equivalent definitions are used; a common one is that the faces are congruent regular polygons which are assembled in the same way around each vertex. A regular polyhedron is identified by its Schläfli symbol of the form , where ''n'' is the number of sides of each face and ''m'' the number of faces meeting at each vertex. There are 5 finite convex regular polyhedra (the Platonic solids), and four regular star polyhedra (the Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra), making nine regular polyhedra in all. In addition, there are five regular compounds of the regular polyhedra. The regular polyhedra There are five convex regular polyhedra, known as the Platonic solids, four regular star polyhedra, the Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra, and five regular compounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
