5-orthoplex honeycomb
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| 5-orthoplex honeycomb | |
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| Type | Hyperbolic regular honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbol | {3,3,3,4,3} |
| Coxeter diagram |       =   |
| 5-faces |  {3,3,3,4} |
| 4-faces |  {3,3,3} |
| Cells |  {3,3} |
| Faces |  {3} |
| Cell figure | {3} |
| Face figure |  {4,3} |
| Edge figure |  {3,4,3} |
| Vertex figure |  {3,3,4,3} |
| Dual | 24-cell honeycomb honeycomb |
| Coxeter group | U5, [3,3,3,4,3] |
| Properties | Regular |
In the geometry of hyperbolic 5-space, the 5-orthoplex honeycomb is one of five paracompact regular space-filling tessellations (or honeycombs). It is paracompact because it has infinite vertex figures, with all vertices as ideal points at infinity. With Schläfli symbol {3,3,3,4,3}, it has three 5-orthoplexes around each cell. It is dual to the 24-cell honeycomb honeycomb.
Related honeycombs
[edit]Its vertex figure is the 16-cell honeycomb, {3,3,4,3}.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 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, p. 212-213)