Regular polyhedral groups and reflection groups of rank four (Q1826972)

Let \(M\) be a regular tetrahedron, octrahedron, or icosahedron. The authors give homogeneous polynomials in two variables with complex coefficients whose zeros provide homogeneous coordinates for the vertices, the centers of the faces, and the midpoints of the edges of \(M\). Let \(W(M')\) be the group generated by the fundamental reflections of type \(M'\), where \(M'\) is \(D_4\), \(F_4\), or \(H_4\). Then \(W(M')\) is the symmetry group of \(M\). The authors determine basic invariants, i.e., generators for the ring of \(W(M')\)-invariant polynomials of degrees \(2,\,p,\,q,\,r\), where \(p\), \(q\), and \(r\) are the numbers of the vertices, edges, and faces of \(M\), respectively. The authors also find certain equations for the reflection groups of type \(M'\).