Cubic-triangular tiling honeycomb

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Cubic-triangular tiling honeycomb
Type Paracompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {(3,6,3,4)} or {(4,3,6,3)}
Coxeter diagrams CDel label6.pngCDel branch.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch 10l.pngCDel label4.png or CDel label6.pngCDel branch.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch 01l.pngCDel label4.png
Cells {4,3} Uniform polyhedron-43-t0.png
{3,6} 40px
r{4,3} Uniform polyhedron-43-t1.png
Faces triangular {3}
square {4}
hexagon {6}
Vertex figure Uniform tiling 63-t02.png
rhombitrihexagonal tiling
Coxeter group [(6,3,4,3)]
Properties Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the cubic-triangular tiling honeycomb is a paracompact uniform honeycomb, constructed from cube, triangular tiling, and cuboctahedron cells, in a rhombitrihexagonal tiling vertex figure. It has a single-ring Coxeter diagram, CDel label6.pngCDel branch.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch 10l.pngCDel label4.png, and is named by its two regular cells.

A geometric honeycomb is a space-filling of polyhedral or higher-dimensional cells, so that there are no gaps. It is an example of the more general mathematical tiling or tessellation in any number of dimensions.

Honeycombs are usually constructed in ordinary Euclidean ("flat") space, like the convex uniform honeycombs. They may also be constructed in non-Euclidean spaces, such as hyperbolic uniform honeycombs. Any finite uniform polytope can be projected to its circumsphere to form a uniform honeycomb in spherical space.

See also

  • Convex uniform honeycombs in hyperbolic space
  • List of regular polytopes

References

  • 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)
  • Jeffrey R. Weeks The Shape of Space, 2nd edition ISBN 0-8247-0709-5 (Chapter 16-17: Geometries on Three-manifolds I, II)
  • Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript
    • N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1966
    • N.W. Johnson: Geometries and Transformations, (2018) Chapter 13: Hyperbolic Coxeter groups