Faces of Platonic solids in all dimensions

DOI10.1107/S205327331400638XMaRDI QIDQ2808944zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Marzena Szajewska

Publication date 27 May 2016

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

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

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)

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.

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