Gosset 1 52 honeycomb
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Type | Uniform tessellation |
Family | 1k2 polytope Uniform 1 k2 polytope In geometry, 1k2 polytope is a uniform polytope in n-dimensions constructed from the En Coxeter group. The family was named by Coxeter as 1k2 by its bifurcating Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of the 1-node sequence... |
Schläfli symbol | {3,35,2} |
Coxeter symbol | 152 |
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram Coxeter-Dynkin diagram In geometry, a Coxeter–Dynkin diagram is a graph with numerically labeled edges representing the spatial relations between a collection of mirrors... |
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8-face types | 142 Gosset 1 42 polytope In 8-dimensional geometry, the 142 is a uniform 8-polytope, constructed within the symmetry of the E8 group.Coxeter named it 142 by its bifurcating Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of the 1-node sequences.... 151 Demiocteract In geometry, a demiocteract or 8-demicube is a uniform 8-polytope, constructed from the 8-hypercube, octeract, with alternated vertices deleted... |
7-face types | 132 Gosset 1 32 polytope In 7-dimensional geometry, 132 is a uniform polytope, constructed from the E7 group.Coxeter named it 132 by its bifurcating Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of one of the 1-node sequences.... 141 Demihepteract In geometry, a demihepteract or 7-demicube is a uniform 7-polytope, constructed from the 7-hypercube with alternated vertices deleted... |
6-face types | 122 Gosset 1 22 polytope In 6-dimensional geometry, the 122 polytope is a uniform polytope, constructed from the E6 group. It was first published in E. L. Elte's 1912 listing of semiregular polytopes, named as V72 .... {31,3,1} Demihexeract In geometry, a 6-demicube or demihexteract is a uniform 6-polytope, constructed from a 6-cube with alternate vertices deleted. It is part of a dimensionally infinite family of uniform polytopes called demihypercubes.... {35} |
5-face types | 121 Demipenteract In five dimensional geometry, a demipenteract or 5-demicube is a semiregular 5-polytope, constructed from a 5-hypercube with alternated vertices deleted.It was discovered by Thorold Gosset... {34} |
4-face type | 111 16-cell In four dimensional geometry, a 16-cell or hexadecachoron is a regular convex 4-polytope. It is one of the six regular convex 4-polytopes first described by the Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli in the mid-19th century.... {33} |
Cells | {32} Tetrahedron In geometry, a tetrahedron is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, three of which meet at each vertex. A regular tetrahedron is one in which the four triangles are regular, or "equilateral", and is one of the Platonic solids... |
Faces | {3} Triangle A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted .... |
Vertex figure Vertex figure In geometry a vertex figure is, broadly speaking, the figure exposed when a corner of a polyhedron or polytope is sliced off.-Definitions - theme and variations:... |
birectified 8-simplex: t2{37} |
Coxeter group Coxeter group In mathematics, a Coxeter group, named after H.S.M. Coxeter, is an abstract group that admits a formal description in terms of mirror symmetries. Indeed, the finite Coxeter groups are precisely the finite Euclidean reflection groups; the symmetry groups of regular polyhedra are an example... |
, [35,2,1] |
In geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
, the 152 honeycomb is a uniform tessellation
Uniform tessellation
In geometry, a uniform tessellation is a vertex-transitive tessellations made from uniform polytope facets. All of its vertices are identical and there is the same combination and arrangement of faces at each vertex....
of 8-dimensional Euclidean space. It contains 142
Gosset 1 42 polytope
In 8-dimensional geometry, the 142 is a uniform 8-polytope, constructed within the symmetry of the E8 group.Coxeter named it 142 by its bifurcating Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of the 1-node sequences....
and 151
Demiocteract
In geometry, a demiocteract or 8-demicube is a uniform 8-polytope, constructed from the 8-hypercube, octeract, with alternated vertices deleted...
facets, in a birectified 8-simplex vertex figure
Vertex figure
In geometry a vertex figure is, broadly speaking, the figure exposed when a corner of a polyhedron or polytope is sliced off.-Definitions - theme and variations:...
. It is the final figure in the 1k2 polytope
Uniform 1 k2 polytope
In geometry, 1k2 polytope is a uniform polytope in n-dimensions constructed from the En Coxeter group. The family was named by Coxeter as 1k2 by its bifurcating Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of the 1-node sequence...
family.
Construction
It is created by a Wythoff constructionWythoff construction
In geometry, a Wythoff construction, named after mathematician Willem Abraham Wythoff, is a method for constructing a uniform polyhedron or plane tiling. It is often referred to as Wythoff's kaleidoscopic construction.- Construction process :...
upon a set of 9 hyperplane
Hyperplane
A hyperplane is a concept in geometry. It is a generalization of the plane into a different number of dimensions.A hyperplane of an n-dimensional space is a flat subset with dimension n − 1...
mirrors in 8-dimensional space.
The facet information can be extracted from its Coxeter-Dynkin diagram
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram
In geometry, a Coxeter–Dynkin diagram is a graph with numerically labeled edges representing the spatial relations between a collection of mirrors...
.
Removing the node on the end of the 2-length branch leaves the demiocteract
Demiocteract
In geometry, a demiocteract or 8-demicube is a uniform 8-polytope, constructed from the 8-hypercube, octeract, with alternated vertices deleted...
, 151.
Removing the node on the end of the 5-length branch leaves the 142
Gosset 1 42 polytope
In 8-dimensional geometry, the 142 is a uniform 8-polytope, constructed within the symmetry of the E8 group.Coxeter named it 142 by its bifurcating Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of the 1-node sequences....
.
The vertex figure
Vertex figure
In geometry a vertex figure is, broadly speaking, the figure exposed when a corner of a polyhedron or polytope is sliced off.-Definitions - theme and variations:...
is determined by removing the ringed node and ringing the neighboring node. This makes the birectified 8-simplex, 052.
See also
- 521 honeycomb5 21 honeycombIn geometry, the 521 honeycomb is a uniform tessellation of 8-dimensional Euclidean space.This honeycomb was first studied by Gosset who called it a 9-ic semi-regular figure...
- 251 honeycomb