Omnitruncated 5-simplex honeycomb

Omnitruncated 5-simplex honeycomb
Omnitruncated 5-simplex honeycomb
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Type Uniform honeycomb
Family Omnitruncated simplectic honeycomb
Schläfli symbol t0,1,2,3,4,5{3[6]}
Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node 1.png
5-face types t0,1,2,3,4{3,3,3,3} 5-simplex t01234.svg
4-face types t0,1,2,3{3,3,3}Schlegel half-solid omnitruncated 5-cell.png
{}×t0,1,2{3,3}Truncated octahedral prism.png
{6}×{6}6-6 duoprism.png
Cell types t0,1,2{3,3}Truncated octahedron.png
{4,3}Tetragonal prism.png
{}x{6}Hexagonal prism.png
Face types {4}
{6}
Vertex figure Omnitruncated 5-simplex honeycomb verf.png
Irr. 5-simplex
Coxeter groups {\tilde{A}}_5, [3[6]]
Properties vertex-transitive

In five-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the omnitruncated 5-simplex honeycomb or omnitruncated hexateric honeycomb is a space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). It is composed entirely of omnitruncated 5-simplex facets.

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Related polytopes and honeycombs

This honeycomb is one of 12 unique uniform honycombs constructed by the {\tilde{A}}_5 Coxeter group. The Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams of the other 11 are: CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 10lur.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 10lru.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node 1.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 10lur.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 10lru.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 10lur.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node 1.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 10lur.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 10lru.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node 1.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 10lur.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.png, CDel node.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.png, CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.png.

Projection by folding

The omnitruncated 5-simplex honeycomb can be projected into the 3-dimensional omnitruncated cubic honeycomb by a geometric folding operation that maps two pairs of mirrors into each other, sharing the same 3-space vertex arrangement:

{\tilde{A}}_5 CDel node 1.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node 1.png
{\tilde{C}}_3 CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png

See also

Notes

References

  • Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
  • Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter, edited by F. Arthur Sherk, Peter McMullen, Anthony C. Thompson, Asia Ivic Weiss, Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1995, ISBN 978-0-471-01003-6 [1]
    • (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10] (1.9 Uniform space-fillings)
    • (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45]