In four-dimensional
geometry
Geometry (; ) is a branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. Geometry is, along with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. A mathematician w ...
, a runcinated 120-cell (or ''runcinated 600-cell'') is a convex
uniform 4-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 4-polytope (or uniform polychoron) is a 4-dimensional polytope which is vertex-transitive and whose cells are uniform polyhedron, uniform polyhedra, and faces are regular polygons.
There are 47 non-Prism (geometry), prism ...
, being a
runcination
In geometry, runcination is an operation that cuts a regular polytope (or honeycomb) simultaneously along the faces, edges, and vertices, creating new facets in place of the original face, edge, and vertex centers.
It is a higher order truncatio ...
(a 3rd order truncation) of the regular
120-cell
In geometry, the 120-cell is the convex regular 4-polytope (four-dimensional analogue of a Platonic solid) with Schläfli symbol . It is also called a C120, dodecaplex (short for "dodecahedral complex"), hyperdodecahedron, polydodecahedron, hec ...
.
There are 4 degrees of runcinations of the 120-cell including with permutations truncations and cantellations.
The ''runcinated 120-cell'' can be seen as an
expansion
Expansion may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''L'Expansion'', a French monthly business magazine
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applied to a regular 4-polytope, the 120-cell or 600-cell.
Runcinated 120-cell

The runcinated 120-cell or small disprismatohexacosihecatonicosachoron is a
uniform 4-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 4-polytope (or uniform polychoron) is a 4-dimensional polytope which is vertex-transitive and whose cells are uniform polyhedron, uniform polyhedra, and faces are regular polygons.
There are 47 non-Prism (geometry), prism ...
. It has 2640 cells: 120
dodecahedra, 720
pentagonal prism
In geometry, the pentagonal prism is a prism with a pentagonal base. It is a type of heptahedron with seven faces, fifteen edges, and ten vertices. As a semiregular (or uniform) polyhedron
If faces are all regular, the pentagonal prism is ...
s, 1200
triangular prism
In geometry, a triangular prism or trigonal prism is a Prism (geometry), prism with 2 triangular bases. If the edges pair with each triangle's vertex and if they are perpendicular to the base, it is a ''right triangular prism''. A right triangul ...
s, and 600
tetrahedra
In geometry, a tetrahedron (: tetrahedra or tetrahedrons), also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular Face (geometry), faces, six straight Edge (geometry), edges, and four vertex (geometry), vertices. The tet ...
. Its
vertex figure
In geometry, a vertex figure, broadly speaking, is the figure exposed when a corner of a general -polytope is sliced off.
Definitions
Take some corner or Vertex (geometry), vertex of a polyhedron. Mark a point somewhere along each connected ed ...
is a nonuniform triangular
antiprism
In geometry, an antiprism or is a polyhedron composed of two Parallel (geometry), parallel Euclidean group, direct copies (not mirror images) of an polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles. They are represented by the Conway po ...
(equilateral-triangular antipodium): its bases represent a dodecahedron and a tetrahedron, and its flanks represent three triangular prisms and three pentagonal prisms.
Alternate names
* Runcinated 120-cell / Runcinated 600-cell (
Norman W. Johnson)
** Runcinated hecatonicosachoron / Runcinated dodecacontachoron / Runcinated hexacosichoron / Runcinated polydodecahedron / Runcinated polytetrahedron
* Small diprismatohexacosihecatonicosachoron (acronym: sidpixhi) (George Olshevsky, Jonathan Bowers)
Images
Runcitruncated 120-cell

The runcitruncated 120-cell or prismatorhombated hexacosichoron is a
uniform 4-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 4-polytope (or uniform polychoron) is a 4-dimensional polytope which is vertex-transitive and whose cells are uniform polyhedron, uniform polyhedra, and faces are regular polygons.
There are 47 non-Prism (geometry), prism ...
. It contains 2640 cells: 120
truncated dodecahedra, 720
decagonal prism
In geometry, a prism is a polyhedron comprising an polygon base, a second base which is a translated copy (rigidly moved without rotation) of the first, and other faces, necessarily all parallelograms, joining corresponding sides of the tw ...
s, 1200
triangular prism
In geometry, a triangular prism or trigonal prism is a Prism (geometry), prism with 2 triangular bases. If the edges pair with each triangle's vertex and if they are perpendicular to the base, it is a ''right triangular prism''. A right triangul ...
s, and 600
cuboctahedra. Its
vertex figure
In geometry, a vertex figure, broadly speaking, is the figure exposed when a corner of a general -polytope is sliced off.
Definitions
Take some corner or Vertex (geometry), vertex of a polyhedron. Mark a point somewhere along each connected ed ...
is an irregular rectangular pyramid, with one truncated dodecahedron, two decagonal prisms, one triangular prism, and one cuboctahedron.
Alternate names
* Runcicantellated 600-cell (
Norman W. Johnson)
* Prismatorhombated hexacosichoron (Acronym: prix) (George Olshevsky, Jonathan Bowers)
Images
Runcitruncated 600-cell

The runcitruncated 600-cell or prismatorhombated hecatonicosachoron is a
uniform 4-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 4-polytope (or uniform polychoron) is a 4-dimensional polytope which is vertex-transitive and whose cells are uniform polyhedron, uniform polyhedra, and faces are regular polygons.
There are 47 non-Prism (geometry), prism ...
. It is composed of 2640
cells
Cell most often refers to:
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* Cellphone, a phone connected to a cellular network
* Clandestine cell, a penetration-resistant form of a secret or outlawed organization
* Electrochemical cell, a d ...
: 120
rhombicosidodecahedron
In geometry, the rhombicosidodecahedron is an Archimedean solid, one of thirteen convex isogonal nonprismatic solids constructed of two or more types of regular polygon faces.
It has a total of 62 faces: 20 regular triangular faces, 30 square f ...
, 600
truncated tetrahedra
In geometry, the truncated tetrahedron is an Archimedean solid. It has 4 regular hexagonal faces, 4 equilateral triangle faces, 12 vertices and 18 edges (of two types). It can be constructed by truncating all 4 vertices of a regular tetrahedron. ...
, 720
pentagonal prism
In geometry, the pentagonal prism is a prism with a pentagonal base. It is a type of heptahedron with seven faces, fifteen edges, and ten vertices. As a semiregular (or uniform) polyhedron
If faces are all regular, the pentagonal prism is ...
s, and 1200
hexagonal prism
In geometry, the hexagonal prism is a Prism (geometry), prism with hexagonal base. Prisms are polyhedrons; this polyhedron has 8 face (geometry), faces, 18 Edge (geometry), edges, and 12 vertex (geometry), vertices..
As a semiregular polyhedro ...
s. It has 7200 vertices, 18000 edges, and 13440 faces (2400 triangles, 7200 squares, and 2400 hexagons).
Alternate names
* Runcicantellated 120-cell (
Norman W. Johnson)
* Prismatorhombated hecatonicosachoron (Acronym: prahi) (George Olshevsky, Jonathan Bowers)
Images
Omnitruncated 120-cell
The omnitruncated 120-cell or great disprismatohexacosihecatonicosachoron is a convex
uniform 4-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 4-polytope (or uniform polychoron) is a 4-dimensional polytope which is vertex-transitive and whose cells are uniform polyhedron, uniform polyhedra, and faces are regular polygons.
There are 47 non-Prism (geometry), prism ...
, composed of 2640
cells
Cell most often refers to:
* Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life
* Cellphone, a phone connected to a cellular network
* Clandestine cell, a penetration-resistant form of a secret or outlawed organization
* Electrochemical cell, a d ...
: 120
truncated icosidodecahedra, 600
truncated octahedra
In geometry, the truncated octahedron is the Archimedean solid that arises from a regular octahedron by removing six pyramids, one at each of the octahedron's vertices. The truncated octahedron has 14 faces (8 regular hexagons and 6 squares), 36 ...
, 720
decagonal prism
In geometry, a prism is a polyhedron comprising an polygon base, a second base which is a translated copy (rigidly moved without rotation) of the first, and other faces, necessarily all parallelograms, joining corresponding sides of the tw ...
s, and 1200
hexagonal prism
In geometry, the hexagonal prism is a Prism (geometry), prism with hexagonal base. Prisms are polyhedrons; this polyhedron has 8 face (geometry), faces, 18 Edge (geometry), edges, and 12 vertex (geometry), vertices..
As a semiregular polyhedro ...
s. It has 14400 vertices, 28800 edges, and 17040 faces (10800 squares, 4800 hexagons, and 1440 decagons). It is the largest nonprismatic convex
uniform 4-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 4-polytope (or uniform polychoron) is a 4-dimensional polytope which is vertex-transitive and whose cells are uniform polyhedron, uniform polyhedra, and faces are regular polygons.
There are 47 non-Prism (geometry), prism ...
.
The vertices and edges form the
Cayley graph
In mathematics, a Cayley graph, also known as a Cayley color graph, Cayley diagram, group diagram, or color group, is a Graph (discrete mathematics), graph that encodes the abstract structure of a group (mathematics), group. Its definition is sug ...
of the
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 reflections (or kaleidoscopic mirrors). Indeed, the finite Coxeter groups are precisely the finite Euclidean ref ...
H
4.
Alternate names
* Omnitruncated 120-cell / Omnitruncated 600-cell (
Norman W. Johnson)
* Omnitruncated hecatonicosachoron / Omnitruncated hexacosichoron / Omnitruncated polydodecahedron / Omnitruncated polytetrahedron
* Great diprismatohexacosihecatonicosachoron (Acronym gidpixhi) (George Olshevsky, Jonathan Bowers)
Images
Models
The first complete physical model of a 3D projection of the omnitruncated 120-cell was built by a team led by Daniel Duddy and David Richter on August 9, 2006 using the
Zome
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system in the London Knowledge Lab for the 200
Bridges Conference
Full snub 120-cell

The full snub 120-cell or omnisnub 120-cell, defined as an
alternation of the omnitruncated 120-cell, can not be made uniform, but it can be given Coxeter diagram , and
symmetry
Symmetry () in everyday life refers to a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. In mathematics, the term has a more precise definition and is usually used to refer to an object that is Invariant (mathematics), invariant und ...
,3,3sup>+, and constructed from 1200
octahedron
In geometry, an octahedron (: octahedra or octahedrons) is any polyhedron with eight faces. One special case is the regular octahedron, a Platonic solid composed of eight equilateral triangles, four of which meet at each vertex. Many types of i ...
s, 600
icosahedron
In geometry, an icosahedron ( or ) is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes . The plural can be either "icosahedra" () or "icosahedrons".
There are infinitely many non- similar shapes of icosahedra, some of them being more symmetrical tha ...
s, 720
pentagonal antiprism
In geometry, the pentagonal antiprism is the third in an infinite set of antiprisms formed by an even-numbered sequence of triangle sides closed by two polygon caps. It consists of two pentagons joined to each other by a ring of ten triangles fo ...
s, 120
snub dodecahedron
In geometry, the snub dodecahedron, or snub icosidodecahedron, is an Archimedean solid, one of thirteen convex Isogonal figure, isogonal nonprismatic solids constructed by two or more types of regular polygon Face (geometry), faces.
The snub dod ...
s, and 7200
tetrahedron
In geometry, a tetrahedron (: tetrahedra or tetrahedrons), also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular Face (geometry), faces, six straight Edge (geometry), edges, and four vertex (geometry), vertices. The tet ...
s filling the gaps at the deleted vertices. It has 9840 cells, 35040 faces, 32400 edges, and 7200 vertices.
Related polytopes
These polytopes are a part of a set of 15
uniform 4-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 4-polytope (or uniform polychoron) is a 4-dimensional polytope which is vertex-transitive and whose cells are uniform polyhedron, uniform polyhedra, and faces are regular polygons.
There are 47 non-Prism (geometry), prism ...
s with H
4 symmetry:
Notes
References
*
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,
** (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, ''Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes I'',
ath. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10** (Paper 23) H.S.M. Coxeter, ''Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes II'',
ath. Zeit. 188 (1985) 559-591** (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, ''Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III'',
ath. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45*
J.H. Conway
John Horton Conway (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician. He was active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many br ...
and
M.J.T. Guy: ''Four-Dimensional Archimedean Polytopes'', Proceedings of the Colloquium on Convexity at Copenhagen, page 38 und 39, 1965
*
N.W. Johnson: ''The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs'', Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1966
Four-dimensional Archimedean Polytopes(German), Marco Möller, 2004 PhD dissertation
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* x3o3o5x - sidpixhi, x3o3x5x - prix, x3x3o5x - prahi, x3x3x5x - gidpixhi
External links
* H4 uniform polytopes with coordinates
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Uniform 4-polytopes