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Hexateron
In five-dimensional geometry, a 5-simplex is a self-dual regular 5-polytope. It has six vertices, 15 edges, 20 triangle faces, 15 tetrahedral cells, and 6 5-cell facets. It has a dihedral angle of cos−1(), or approximately 78.46°. The 5-simplex is a solution to the problem: ''Make 20 equilateral triangles using 15 matchsticks, where each side of every triangle is exactly one matchstick.'' Alternate names It can also be called a hexateron, or hexa-5-tope, as a 6- facetted polytope in 5-dimensions. The name ''hexateron'' is derived from ''hexa-'' for having six facets and ''teron'' (with ''ter-'' being a corruption of ''tetra-'') for having four-dimensional facets. By Jonathan Bowers, a hexateron is given the acronym hix. As a configuration This configuration matrix represents the 5-simplex. The rows and columns correspond to vertices, edges, faces, cells and 4-faces. The diagonal numbers say how many of each element occur in the whole 5-simplex. The nondiagonal num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regular Polytope
In mathematics, a regular polytope is a polytope whose symmetry group acts transitively on its flags, thus giving it the highest degree of symmetry. All its elements or -faces (for all , where is the dimension of the polytope) — cells, faces and so on — are also transitive on the symmetries of the polytope, and are regular polytopes of dimension . Regular polytopes are the generalized analog in any number of dimensions of regular polygons (for example, the square or the regular pentagon) and regular polyhedra (for example, the cube). The strong symmetry of the regular polytopes gives them an aesthetic quality that interests both non-mathematicians and mathematicians. Classically, a regular polytope in dimensions may be defined as having regular facets (-faces) and regular vertex figures. These two conditions are sufficient to ensure that all faces are alike and all vertices are alike. Note, however, that this definition does not work for abstract polytopes. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5-polytope
In geometry, a five-dimensional polytope (or 5-polytope) is a polytope in five-dimensional space, bounded by (4-polytope) facets, pairs of which share a polyhedral cell. Definition A 5-polytope is a closed five-dimensional figure with vertices, edges, faces, and cells, and 4-faces. A vertex is a point where five or more edges meet. An edge is a line segment where four or more faces meet, and a face is a polygon where three or more cells meet. A cell is a polyhedron, and a 4-face is a 4-polytope. Furthermore, the following requirements must be met: # Each cell must join exactly two 4-faces. # Adjacent 4-faces are not in the same four-dimensional hyperplane. # The figure is not a compound of other figures which meet the requirements. Characteristics The topology of any given 5-polytope is defined by its Betti numbers and torsion coefficients.Richeson, D.; ''Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topoplogy'', Princeton, 2008. The value of the Euler characteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five-dimensional Space
A five-dimensional space is a space with five dimensions. In mathematics, a sequence of ''N'' numbers can represent a location in an ''N''-dimensional space. If interpreted physically, that is one more than the usual three spatial dimensions and the fourth dimension of time used in relativistic physics. Whether or not the universe is five-dimensional is a topic of debate. Physics Much of the early work on five-dimensional space was in an attempt to develop a theory that unifies the four fundamental interactions in nature: strong and weak nuclear forces, gravity and electromagnetism. German mathematician Theodor Kaluza and Swedish physicist Oskar Klein independently developed the Kaluza–Klein theory in 1921, which used the fifth dimension to unify gravity with electromagnetic force. Although their approaches were later found to be at least partially inaccurate, the concept provided a basis for further research over the past century. To explain why this dimension wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6-orthoplex
In geometry, a 6-orthoplex, or 6-cross polytope, is a regular 6-polytope with 12 vertices, 60 edges, 160 triangle faces, 240 tetrahedron cells, 192 5-cell ''4-faces'', and 64 ''5-faces''. It has two constructed forms, the first being regular with Schläfli symbol , and the second with alternately labeled (checkerboarded) facets, with Schläfli symbol or Coxeter symbol 311. It is a part of an infinite family of polytopes, called cross-polytopes or ''orthoplexes''. The dual polytope is the 6-hypercube, or hexeract. Alternate names *Hexacross, derived from combining the family name cross polytope with ''hex'' for six (dimensions) in Greek. * Hexacontitetrapeton as a 64- facetted 6-polytope. As a configuration This configuration matrix represents the 6-orthoplex. The rows and columns correspond to vertices, edges, faces, cells, 4-faces and 5-faces. The diagonal numbers say how many of each element occur in the whole 6-orthoplex. The nondiagonal numbers say how many of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tritruncated 6-simplex
In six-dimensional geometry, a truncated 6-simplex is a convex uniform 6-polytope, being a truncation of the regular 6-simplex. There are unique 3 degrees of truncation. Vertices of the truncation 6-simplex are located as pairs on the edge of the 6-simplex. Vertices of the bitruncated 6-simplex are located on the triangular faces of the 6-simplex. Vertices of the tritruncated 6-simplex are located inside the tetrahedral cells of the 6-simplex. Truncated 6-simplex Alternate names * Truncated heptapeton (Acronym: til) (Jonathan Bowers) Coordinates The vertices of the ''truncated 6-simplex'' can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,1,2). This construction is based on facets of the truncated 7-orthoplex. Images Bitruncated 6-simplex Alternate names * Bitruncated heptapeton (Acronym: batal) (Jonathan Bowers) Coordinates The vertices of the ''bitruncated 6-simplex'' can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,0, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitruncated 6-cube
In six-dimensional geometry, a truncated 6-cube (or truncated hexeract) is a convex uniform 6-polytope, being a truncation of the regular 6-cube. There are 5 truncations for the 6-cube. Vertices of the truncated 6-cube are located as pairs on the edge of the 6-cube. Vertices of the bitruncated 6-cube are located on the square faces of the 6-cube. Vertices of the tritruncated 6-cube are located inside the cubic cells of the 6-cube. Truncated 6-cube Alternate names * Truncated hexeract (Acronym: tox) (Jonathan Bowers) Construction and coordinates The truncated 6-cube may be constructed by truncating the vertices of the 6-cube at 1/(\sqrt+2) of the edge length. A regular 5-simplex replaces each original vertex. The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of a ''truncated 6-cube'' having edge length 2 are the permutations of: :\left(\pm1,\ \pm(1+\sqrt),\ \pm(1+\sqrt),\ \pm(1+\sqrt),\ \pm(1+\sqrt),\ \pm(1+\sqrt)\right) Images Related polytopes The '' truncated 6- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitruncation
In geometry, a bitruncation is an operation on regular polytopes. It represents a truncation beyond rectification. The original edges are lost completely and the original faces remain as smaller copies of themselves. Bitruncated regular polytopes can be represented by an extended Schläfli symbol notation or In regular polyhedra and tilings For regular polyhedra (i.e. regular 3-polytopes), a ''bitruncated'' form is the truncated dual. For example, a bitruncated cube is a truncated octahedron. In regular 4-polytopes and honeycombs For a regular 4-polytope, a ''bitruncated'' form is a dual-symmetric operator. A bitruncated 4-polytope is the same as the bitruncated dual, and will have double the symmetry if the original 4-polytope is self-dual. A regular polytope (or honeycomb) will have its cells bitruncated into truncated cells, and the vertices are replaced by truncated cells. Self-dual 4-polytope/honeycombs An interesting result of this operation is that se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truncated 6-cube
In six-dimensional geometry, a truncated 6-cube (or truncated hexeract) is a convex uniform 6-polytope, being a truncation of the regular 6-cube. There are 5 truncations for the 6-cube. Vertices of the truncated 6-cube are located as pairs on the edge of the 6-cube. Vertices of the bitruncated 6-cube are located on the square faces of the 6-cube. Vertices of the tritruncated 6-cube are located inside the cubic cells of the 6-cube. Truncated 6-cube Alternate names * Truncated hexeract (Acronym: tox) (Jonathan Bowers) Construction and coordinates The truncated 6-cube may be constructed by truncating the vertices of the 6-cube at 1/(\sqrt+2) of the edge length. A regular 5-simplex replaces each original vertex. The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of a ''truncated 6-cube'' having edge length 2 are the permutations of: :\left(\pm1,\ \pm(1+\sqrt),\ \pm(1+\sqrt),\ \pm(1+\sqrt),\ \pm(1+\sqrt),\ \pm(1+\sqrt)\right) Images Related polytopes The '' truncated 6- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6-polytope
In six-dimensional geometry, a six-dimensional polytope or 6-polytope is a polytope, bounded by 5-polytope facets. Definition A 6-polytope is a closed six-dimensional figure with vertices, edges, faces, cells (3-faces), 4-faces, and 5-faces. A vertex is a point where six or more edges meet. An edge is a line segment where four or more faces meet, and a face is a polygon where three or more cells meet. A cell is a polyhedron. A 4-face is a polychoron, and a 5-face is a 5-polytope. Furthermore, the following requirements must be met: * Each 4-face must join exactly two 5-faces (facets). * Adjacent facets are not in the same five-dimensional hyperplane. * The figure is not a compound of other figures which meet the requirements. Characteristics The topology of any given 6-polytope is defined by its Betti numbers and torsion coefficients.Richeson, D.; ''Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topoplogy'', Princeton, 2008. The value of the Euler characterist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertex Figure
In geometry, a vertex figure, broadly speaking, is the figure exposed when a corner of a polyhedron or polytope is sliced off. Definitions Take some corner or vertex of a polyhedron. Mark a point somewhere along each connected edge. Draw lines across the connected faces, joining adjacent points around the face. When done, these lines form a complete circuit, i.e. a polygon, around the vertex. This polygon is the vertex figure. More precise formal definitions can vary quite widely, according to circumstance. For example Coxeter (e.g. 1948, 1954) varies his definition as convenient for the current area of discussion. Most of the following definitions of a vertex figure apply equally well to infinite tilings or, by extension, to space-filling tessellation with polytope cells and other higher-dimensional polytopes. As a flat slice Make a slice through the corner of the polyhedron, cutting through all the edges connected to the vertex. The cut surface is the vertex figure. This i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
