In six-dimensional

Euclidean geometry Euclidean geometry is a mathematical system attributed to ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, which he described in his textbook on geometry: the ''Elements''. Euclid's approach consists in assuming a small set of intuitively appealing axioms ...

, the cyclotruncated 6-simplex honeycomb is a space-filling

tessellation A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called ''tiles'', with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of ge ...

(or

honeycomb A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal prismatic wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey. Honey bees consume about of honey t ...

). The tessellation fills space by

6-simplex In geometry, a 6-simplex is a self-dual regular 6-polytope. It has 7 vertices, 21 edges, 35 triangle faces, 35 tetrahedral cells, 21 5-cell 4-faces, and 7 5-simplex 5-faces. Its dihedral angle is cos−1(1/6), or approximately 80.41°. Alt ...

truncated 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 th ...

bitruncated 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 th ...

, and

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 ...

facets. These facet types occur in proportions of 2:2:2:1 respectively in the whole honeycomb.

Structure

It can be constructed by seven sets of parallel

hyperplane In geometry, a hyperplane is a subspace whose dimension is one less than that of its '' ambient space''. For example, if a space is 3-dimensional then its hyperplanes are the 2-dimensional planes, while if the space is 2-dimensional, its hype ...

s that divide space. The hyperplane intersections generate

cyclotruncated 5-simplex honeycomb In five-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the cyclotruncated 5-simplex honeycomb or cyclotruncated hexateric honeycomb is a space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). It is composed of 5-simplex, truncated 5-simplex, and bitruncated 5-simplex face ...

divisions on each hyperplane.

Related polytopes and honeycombs

Notes

References

* Norman Johnson ''Uniform Polytopes'', Manuscript (1991) * 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(1.9 Uniform space-fillings) ** (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, ''Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III'', ath. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45{{Honeycombs Honeycombs (geometry) 7-polytopes

Structure

Related polytopes and honeycombs

See also

Notes

References