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In hyperbolic geometry, the order-5 cubic honeycomb is one of four compact regular space-filling tessellations (or honeycombs) in
hyperbolic 3-space In mathematics, hyperbolic space of dimension n is the unique simply connected, n-dimensional Riemannian manifold of constant sectional curvature equal to -1. It is homogeneous, and satisfies the stronger property of being a symmetric space. ...
. With
Schläfli symbol In geometry, the Schläfli symbol is a notation of the form \ that defines regular polytopes and tessellations. The Schläfli symbol is named after the 19th-century Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli, who generalized Euclidean geometry to more ...
it has five
cube In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. Viewed from a corner it is a hexagon and its net is usually depicted as a cross. The cube is the only r ...
s around each edge, and 20 cubes around each
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. It is
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with the order-4 dodecahedral honeycomb.


Description


Symmetry

It has a radial subgroup symmetry construction with dodecahedral fundamental domains:
Coxeter notation In geometry, Coxeter notation (also Coxeter symbol) is a system of classifying symmetry groups, describing the angles between fundamental reflections of a Coxeter group in a bracketed notation expressing the structure of a Coxeter-Dynkin diagram ...
: ,(3,5)* index 120.


Related polytopes and honeycombs

The order-5 cubic honeycomb has a related alternated honeycomb, ↔ , with
icosahedron In geometry, an icosahedron ( or ) is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes and . The plural can be either "icosahedra" () or "icosahedrons". There are infinitely many non- similar shapes of icosahedra, some of them being more symmetrica ...
and tetrahedron cells. The honeycomb is also one of four regular compact honeycombs in 3D hyperbolic space: There are fifteen uniform honeycombs in the ,3,4 Coxeter group family, including the order-5 cubic honeycomb as the regular form: The order-5 cubic honeycomb is in a sequence of regular polychora and honeycombs with icosahedral vertex figures. It is also in a sequence of regular polychora and honeycombs with
cubic Cubic may refer to: Science and mathematics * Cube (algebra), "cubic" measurement * Cube, a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex ** Cubic crystal system, a crystal system w ...
cells Cell most often refers to: * Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life Cell may also refer to: Locations * Monastic cell, a small room, hut, or cave in which a religious recluse lives, alternatively the small precursor of a monastery w ...
. The first polytope in the sequence is the tesseract, and the second is the Euclidean cubic honeycomb.


Rectified order-5 cubic honeycomb

The rectified order-5 cubic honeycomb, , has alternating
icosahedron In geometry, an icosahedron ( or ) is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes and . The plural can be either "icosahedra" () or "icosahedrons". There are infinitely many non- similar shapes of icosahedra, some of them being more symmetrica ...
and cuboctahedron cells, with a pentagonal prism vertex figure.


Related honeycomb

There are four rectified compact regular honeycombs:


Truncated order-5 cubic honeycomb

The truncated order-5 cubic honeycomb, , has truncated cube and
icosahedron In geometry, an icosahedron ( or ) is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes and . The plural can be either "icosahedra" () or "icosahedrons". There are infinitely many non- similar shapes of icosahedra, some of them being more symmetrica ...
cells, with a
pentagonal pyramid In geometry, a pentagonal pyramid is a pyramid with a pentagonal base upon which are erected five triangular faces that meet at a point (the apex). Like any pyramid, it is self- dual. The ''regular'' pentagonal pyramid has a base that is a regu ...
vertex figure. It can be seen as analogous to the 2D hyperbolic
truncated order-5 square tiling In geometry, the truncated order-5 square tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of t0,1. Related polyhedra and tiling References * John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, ''The Symmetries of ...
, t, with truncated square and pentagonal faces: : It is similar to the Euclidean (order-4)
truncated cubic honeycomb The cubic honeycomb or cubic cellulation is the only proper regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) in Euclidean 3-space made up of cubic cells. It has 4 cubes around every edge, and 8 cubes around each vertex. Its vertex figure is a re ...
, t, which has octahedral cells at the truncated vertices. :


Related honeycombs


Bitruncated order-5 cubic honeycomb

The bitruncated order-5 cubic honeycomb is the same as the bitruncated order-4 dodecahedral honeycomb.


Cantellated order-5 cubic honeycomb

The cantellated order-5 cubic honeycomb, , has rhombicuboctahedron, icosidodecahedron, and pentagonal prism cells, with a wedge vertex figure.


Related honeycombs

It is similar to the Euclidean (order-4)
cantellated cubic honeycomb The cubic honeycomb or cubic cellulation is the only proper regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) in Euclidean 3-space made up of cubic cells. It has 4 cubes around every edge, and 8 cubes around each vertex. Its vertex figure is a reg ...
, rr: :


Cantitruncated order-5 cubic honeycomb

The cantitruncated order-5 cubic honeycomb, , has
truncated cuboctahedron In geometry, the truncated cuboctahedron is an Archimedean solid, named by Kepler as a truncation of a cuboctahedron. It has 12 square faces, 8 regular hexagonal faces, 6 regular octagonal faces, 48 vertices, and 72 edges. Since each of its fac ...
, truncated icosahedron, and pentagonal prism cells, with a mirrored sphenoid vertex figure.


Related honeycombs

It is similar to the Euclidean (order-4)
cantitruncated cubic honeycomb The cubic honeycomb or cubic cellulation is the only proper regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb (geometry), honeycomb) in Euclidean 3-space made up of cube, cubic cells. It has 4 cubes around every edge, and 8 cubes around each vertex ...
, tr: :


Runcinated order-5 cubic honeycomb

The runcinated order-5 cubic honeycomb or runcinated order-4 dodecahedral honeycomb , has
cube In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. Viewed from a corner it is a hexagon and its net is usually depicted as a cross. The cube is the only r ...
, dodecahedron, and pentagonal prism cells, with an irregular
triangular antiprism In geometry, an octahedron (plural: octahedra, octahedrons) is a polyhedron with eight faces. The term is most commonly used to refer to the regular octahedron, a Platonic solid composed of eight equilateral triangles, four of which meet at ea ...
vertex figure. It is analogous to the 2D hyperbolic
rhombitetrapentagonal tiling In geometry, the rhombitetrapentagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of t0,2. Dual tiling The dual is called the ''deltoidal tetrapentagonal tiling'' with face configuration V.4.4.4.5. : Related po ...
, rr, with square and pentagonal faces: :


Related honeycombs

It is similar to the Euclidean (order-4)
runcinated cubic honeycomb The cubic honeycomb or cubic cellulation is the only proper regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) in Euclidean 3-space made up of cubic cells. It has 4 cubes around every edge, and 8 cubes around each vertex. Its vertex figure is a re ...
, t0,3: :


Runcitruncated order-5 cubic honeycomb

The runcitruncated order-5 cubic honeycomb or runcicantellated order-4 dodecahedral honeycomb, , has truncated cube,
rhombicosidodecahedron In geometry, the rhombicosidodecahedron is an Archimedean solid, one of thirteen convex isogonal nonprismatic solids constructed of two or more types of regular polygon faces. It has 20 regular triangular faces, 30 square (geometry), square face ...
, pentagonal prism, and octagonal prism cells, with an isosceles-trapezoidal pyramid vertex figure.


Related honeycombs

It is similar to the Euclidean (order-4) runcitruncated cubic honeycomb, t0,1,3: :


Runcicantellated order-5 cubic honeycomb

The runcicantellated order-5 cubic honeycomb is the same as the runcitruncated order-4 dodecahedral honeycomb.


Omnitruncated order-5 cubic honeycomb

The omnitruncated order-5 cubic honeycomb or omnitruncated order-4 dodecahedral honeycomb, , has
truncated icosidodecahedron In geometry, a truncated icosidodecahedron, rhombitruncated icosidodecahedron,Wenninger Model Number 16 great rhombicosidodecahedron,Williams (Section 3-9, p. 94)Cromwell (p. 82) omnitruncated dodecahedron or omnitruncated icosahedronNorman Wooda ...
,
truncated cuboctahedron In geometry, the truncated cuboctahedron is an Archimedean solid, named by Kepler as a truncation of a cuboctahedron. It has 12 square faces, 8 regular hexagonal faces, 6 regular octagonal faces, 48 vertices, and 72 edges. Since each of its fac ...
, decagonal prism, and octagonal prism cells, with an irregular tetrahedral vertex figure.


Related honeycombs

It is similar to the Euclidean (order-4)
omnitruncated cubic honeycomb The cubic honeycomb or cubic cellulation is the only proper regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) in Euclidean 3-space made up of cubic cells. It has 4 cubes around every edge, and 8 cubes around each vertex. Its vertex figure is a re ...
, t0,1,2,3: :


Alternated order-5 cubic honeycomb

In 3-dimensional hyperbolic geometry, the alternated order-5 cubic honeycomb is a uniform compact space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). With
Schläfli symbol In geometry, the Schläfli symbol is a notation of the form \ that defines regular polytopes and tessellations. The Schläfli symbol is named after the 19th-century Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli, who generalized Euclidean geometry to more ...
h, it can be considered a
quasiregular honeycomb In geometry, a quasiregular polyhedron is a uniform polyhedron that has exactly two kinds of regular faces, which alternate around each vertex. They are vertex-transitive and edge-transitive, hence a step closer to regular polyhedra than the sem ...
, alternating
icosahedra In geometry, an icosahedron ( or ) is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes and . The plural can be either "icosahedra" () or "icosahedrons". There are infinitely many non- similar shapes of icosahedra, some of them being more symmetrica ...
and tetrahedra around each vertex in an icosidodecahedron vertex figure.


Related honeycombs

It has 3 related forms: the cantic order-5 cubic honeycomb, , the runcic order-5 cubic honeycomb, , and the runcicantic order-5 cubic honeycomb, .


Cantic order-5 cubic honeycomb

The cantic order-5 cubic honeycomb is a uniform compact space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb), with
Schläfli symbol In geometry, the Schläfli symbol is a notation of the form \ that defines regular polytopes and tessellations. The Schläfli symbol is named after the 19th-century Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli, who generalized Euclidean geometry to more ...
h2. It has icosidodecahedron, truncated icosahedron, and truncated tetrahedron cells, with a rectangular pyramid vertex figure.


Runcic order-5 cubic honeycomb

The runcic order-5 cubic honeycomb is a uniform compact space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb), with
Schläfli symbol In geometry, the Schläfli symbol is a notation of the form \ that defines regular polytopes and tessellations. The Schläfli symbol is named after the 19th-century Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli, who generalized Euclidean geometry to more ...
h3. It has dodecahedron,
rhombicosidodecahedron In geometry, the rhombicosidodecahedron is an Archimedean solid, one of thirteen convex isogonal nonprismatic solids constructed of two or more types of regular polygon faces. It has 20 regular triangular faces, 30 square (geometry), square face ...
, and tetrahedron cells, with a
triangular frustum In geometry, a (from the Latin for "morsel"; plural: ''frusta'' or ''frustums'') is the portion of a Polyhedron, solid (normally a Pyramid (geometry), pyramid or a Cone (geometry), cone) that lies between two parallel planes cutting this soli ...
vertex figure.


Runcicantic order-5 cubic honeycomb

The runcicantic order-5 cubic honeycomb is a uniform compact space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb), with
Schläfli symbol In geometry, the Schläfli symbol is a notation of the form \ that defines regular polytopes and tessellations. The Schläfli symbol is named after the 19th-century Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli, who generalized Euclidean geometry to more ...
h2,3. It has truncated dodecahedron,
truncated icosidodecahedron In geometry, a truncated icosidodecahedron, rhombitruncated icosidodecahedron,Wenninger Model Number 16 great rhombicosidodecahedron,Williams (Section 3-9, p. 94)Cromwell (p. 82) omnitruncated dodecahedron or omnitruncated icosahedronNorman Wooda ...
, and truncated tetrahedron cells, with an irregular tetrahedron vertex figure.


See also

*
Convex uniform honeycombs in hyperbolic space In hyperbolic geometry, a uniform honeycomb in hyperbolic space is a uniform tessellation of uniform polyhedral cells. In 3-dimensional hyperbolic space there are nine Coxeter group families of compact convex uniform honeycombs, generated as Wyt ...
* Regular tessellations of hyperbolic 3-space


References

* Coxeter, '' Regular Polytopes'', 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. . (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294-296) * Coxeter, ''The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays'', Dover Publications, 1999 {{isbn, 0-486-40919-8 (Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space, Summary tables II,III,IV,V, p212-213) * Norman Johnson ''Uniform Polytopes'', Manuscript ** N.W. Johnson: ''The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs'', Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1966 ** N.W. Johnson: ''Geometries and Transformations'', (2015) Chapter 13: Hyperbolic Coxeter groups Honeycombs (geometry)