16-cell honeycomb honeycomb
| 16-cell honeycomb honeycomb | |
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| Type | Hyperbolic regular honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbol | {3,3,4,3,3} |
| Coxeter diagram |    
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| 5-faces |  {3,3,4,3}
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| 4-faces |  {3,3,4}
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| Cells |  {3,3}
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| Faces |  {3}
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| Cell figure | {3}
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| Face figure | {3,3}
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| Edge figure |  {4,3,3}
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| Vertex figure |  {3,4,3,3}
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| Dual | self-dual |
| Coxeter group | X5, [3,3,4,3,3] |
| Properties | Regular |
In the geometry of hyperbolic 5-space, the 16-cell honeycomb honeycomb is one of five paracompact regular space-filling tessellations (or honeycombs). It is called paracompact because it has infinite vertex figures, with all vertices as ideal points at infinity. With Schläfli symbol {3,3,4,3,3}, it has three 16-cell honeycombs around each cell. It is self-dual.
Related honeycombs[edit]
It is related to the regular Euclidean 4-space 16-cell honeycomb, {3,3,4,3}.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. ISBN 0-486-61480-8. (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
- 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, p212-213)