Faces of Platonic solids in all dimensions

DOI10.1107/S205327331400638XzbMATH Open1341.52025arXiv1204.1875WikidataQ50915404 ScholiaQ50915404MaRDI QIDQ2808944FDOQ2808944

Marzena Szajewska

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: Acta Crystallographica. Section A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper considers Platonic solids/polytopes in the real Euclidean space R^n of dimension 3 <= n < infinity. The Platonic solids/polytopes are described together with their faces of dimensions 0 <= d <= n-1. Dual pairs of Platonic polytopes are considered in parallel. The underlying finite Coxeter groups are those of simple Lie algebras of types An, Bn, Cn, F4 and of non-crystallographic Coxeter groups H3, H4. Our method consists in recursively decorating the appropriate Coxeter-Dynkin diagram. Each recursion step provides the essential information about faces of a specific dimension. If, at each recursion step, all of the faces are in the same Coxeter group orbit, i.e. are identical, the solid is called Platonic.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.1875

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zbMATH Keywords

Lie groupsCoxeter groupLie algebrasCoxeter-Dynkin diagramPlatonic solids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55)

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• Classical solids
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