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It a part of a sequence of regular polychora and honeycombs with octahedral cells: {3,4,p}
| {3,4,p} polytopes |
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| Space | S3 | H3 |
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| Form | Finite | Paracompact | Noncompact |
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| Name | {3,4,3} | {3,4,4} | {3,4,5} | {3,4,6} | {3,4,7} | {3,4,8} | ... {3,4,∞} |
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| Vertexfigure | {4,3} | {4,4} | {4,5} | {4,6} | {4,7} | {4,8} | {4,∞} |
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Order-6 octahedral honeycomb
| Order-6 octahedral honeycomb |
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| Type | Regular honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbols | {3,4,6}{3,(3,4,3)} |
| Coxeter diagrams | = |
| Cells | {3,4} |
| Faces | {3} |
| Edge figure | {6} |
| Vertex figure | {4,6} {(4,3,4)} |
| Dual | {6,4,3} |
| Coxeter group | [3,4,6][3,((4,3,4))] |
| Properties | Regular |
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6 octahedral honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) with Schläfli symbol {3,4,6}. It has six octahedra, {3,4}, around each edge. All vertices are ultra-ideal (existing beyond the ideal boundary) with infinitely many octahedra existing around each vertex in an order-6 square tiling vertex arrangement.
It has a second construction as a uniform honeycomb, Schläfli symbol {3,(4,3,4)}, Coxeter diagram, , with alternating types or colors of octahedral cells. In Coxeter notation the half symmetry is [3,4,6,1+] = [3,((4,3,4))].
Order-7 octahedral honeycomb
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-7 octahedral honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) with Schläfli symbol {3,4,7}. It has seven octahedra, {3,4}, around each edge. All vertices are ultra-ideal (existing beyond the ideal boundary) with infinitely many octahedra existing around each vertex in an order-7 square tiling vertex arrangement.
Order-8 octahedral honeycomb
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-8 octahedral honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) with Schläfli symbol {3,4,8}. It has eight octahedra, {3,4}, around each edge. All vertices are ultra-ideal (existing beyond the ideal boundary) with infinitely many octahedra existing around each vertex in an order-8 square tiling vertex arrangement.
Infinite-order octahedral honeycomb
| Infinite-order octahedral honeycomb |
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| Type | Regular honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbols | {3,4,∞}{3,(4,∞,4)} |
| Coxeter diagrams | = |
| Cells | {3,4} |
| Faces | {3} |
| Edge figure | {∞} |
| Vertex figure | {4,∞} {(4,∞,4)} |
| Dual | {∞,4,3} |
| Coxeter group | [∞,4,3][3,((4,∞,4))] |
| Properties | Regular |
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the infinite-order octahedral honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) with Schläfli symbol {3,4,∞}. It has infinitely many octahedra, {3,4}, around each edge. All vertices are ultra-ideal (existing beyond the ideal boundary) with infinitely many octahedra existing around each vertex in an infinite-order square tiling vertex arrangement.
It has a second construction as a uniform honeycomb, Schläfli symbol {3,(4,∞,4)}, Coxeter diagram, = , with alternating types or colors of octahedral cells. In Coxeter notation the half symmetry is [3,4,∞,1+] = [3,((4,∞,4))].
See also
- Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. ISBN 0-486-61480-8. (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
- The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (1999), Dover Publications, LCCN 99-35678, ISBN 0-486-40919-8 (Chapter 10, Regular Honeycombs in Hyperbolic Space) Table III
- Jeffrey R. Weeks The Shape of Space, 2nd edition ISBN 0-8247-0709-5 (Chapters 16–17: Geometries on Three-manifolds I, II)
- George Maxwell, Sphere Packings and Hyperbolic Reflection Groups, JOURNAL OF ALGEBRA 79,78-97 (1982) [1]
- Hao Chen, Jean-Philippe Labbé, Lorentzian Coxeter groups and Boyd-Maxwell ball packings, (2013)[2]
- Visualizing Hyperbolic Honeycombs arXiv:1511.02851 Roice Nelson, Henry Segerman (2015)
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