In six-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 cantellated 5-cube is a convex
uniform 5-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 5-polytope is a five-dimensional uniform polytope. By definition, a uniform 5-polytope is vertex-transitive and constructed from uniform 4-polytope Facet (geometry), facets.
The complete set of convex uniform 5-polytopes ...
, being a
cantellation
In geometry, a cantellation is a 2nd-order truncation in any dimension that bevels a regular polytope at its edges and at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and of each vertex. Cantellation also applies to regular tiling ...
of the regular
5-cube
In five-dimensional geometry, a 5-cube is a name for a five-dimensional hypercube with 32 vertices, 80 edges, 80 square faces, 40 cubic cells, and 10 tesseract 4-faces.
It is represented by Schläfli symbol or , constructed as 3 tesseracts ...
.
There are 6 unique cantellation for the 5-cube, including truncations. Half of them are more easily constructed from the dual
5-orthoplex
In five-dimensional geometry, a 5-orthoplex, or 5- cross polytope, is a five-dimensional polytope with 10 vertices, 40 edges, 80 triangle faces, 80 tetrahedron cells, 32 5-cell 4-faces.
It has two constructed forms, the first being regula ...
Cantellated 5-cube
Alternate names
* Small rhombated penteract (Acronym: sirn) (Jonathan Bowers)
Coordinates
The
Cartesian coordinate
In geometry, a Cartesian coordinate system (, ) in a plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely by a pair of real numbers called ''coordinates'', which are the signed distances to the point from two fixed perpendicular o ...
s of the vertices of a ''cantellated 5-cube'' having edge length 2 are all permutations of:
:
Images
Bicantellated 5-cube
In
five-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 bicantellated 5-cube is a
uniform 5-polytope
In geometry, a uniform 5-polytope is a five-dimensional uniform polytope. By definition, a uniform 5-polytope is vertex-transitive and constructed from uniform 4-polytope Facet (geometry), facets.
The complete set of convex uniform 5-polytopes ...
.
Alternate names
* Bicantellated penteract, bicantellated 5-orthoplex, or bicantellated pentacross
* Small birhombated penteractitriacontiditeron (Acronym: sibrant) (Jonathan Bowers)
Coordinates
The
Cartesian coordinate
In geometry, a Cartesian coordinate system (, ) in a plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely by a pair of real numbers called ''coordinates'', which are the signed distances to the point from two fixed perpendicular o ...
s of the vertices of a ''bicantellated 5-cube'' having edge length 2 are all permutations of:
:(0,1,1,2,2)
Images
Cantitruncated 5-cube
Alternate names
* Tricantitruncated 5-orthoplex / tricantitruncated pentacross
* Great rhombated penteract (girn) (Jonathan Bowers)
Coordinates
The
Cartesian coordinate
In geometry, a Cartesian coordinate system (, ) in a plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely by a pair of real numbers called ''coordinates'', which are the signed distances to the point from two fixed perpendicular o ...
s of the vertices of a cantitruncated 5-cube having an edge length of 2 are given by all permutations of coordinates and sign of:
:
Images
Related polytopes
It is third in a series of cantitruncated hypercubes:
Bicantitruncated 5-cube
Alternate names
* Bicantitruncated penteract
* Bicantitruncated pentacross
* Great birhombated penteractitriacontiditeron (Acronym: gibrant) (Jonathan Bowers)
Coordinates
Cartesian coordinates
In geometry, a Cartesian coordinate system (, ) in a plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely by a pair of real numbers called ''coordinates'', which are the signed distances to the point from two fixed perpendicular o ...
for the vertices of a bicantitruncated 5-cube, centered at the origin, are all sign and coordinate
permutation
In mathematics, a permutation of a set can mean one of two different things:
* an arrangement of its members in a sequence or linear order, or
* the act or process of changing the linear order of an ordered set.
An example of the first mean ...
s of
: (±3,±3,±2,±1,0)
Images
Related polytopes
These polytopes are from a set of 31
uniform 5-polytopes generated from the regular
5-cube
In five-dimensional geometry, a 5-cube is a name for a five-dimensional hypercube with 32 vertices, 80 edges, 80 square faces, 40 cubic cells, and 10 tesseract 4-faces.
It is represented by Schläfli symbol or , constructed as 3 tesseracts ...
or
5-orthoplex
In five-dimensional geometry, a 5-orthoplex, or 5- cross polytope, is a five-dimensional polytope with 10 vertices, 40 edges, 80 triangle faces, 80 tetrahedron cells, 32 5-cell 4-faces.
It has two constructed forms, the first being regula ...
.
References
*
H.S.M. Coxeter
Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter (9 February 1907 – 31 March 2003) was a British-Canadian geometer and mathematician. He is regarded as one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.
Coxeter was born in England and educated ...
:
** H.S.M. Coxeter, ''Regular Polytopes'', 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973
** Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter, editied 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*
Norman Johnson ''Uniform Polytopes'', Manuscript (1991)
** N.W. Johnson: ''The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs'', Ph.D.
* o3o3x3o4x - sirn, o3x3o3x4o - sibrant, o3o3x3x4x - girn, o3x3x3x4o - gibrant
External links
*
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