Polytopes with preassigned automorphism groups

DOI10.1007/S00454-015-9710-1zbMATH Open1357.52018arXiv1505.06253OpenAlexW1555300770MaRDI QIDQ894686FDOQ894686

Egon Schulte, Gordon Williams

Publication date: 2 December 2015

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that every finite group is the automorphism group of a finite abstract polytope isomorphic to a face-to-face tessellation of a sphere by topological copies of convex polytopes. We also show that this abstract polytope may be realized as a convex polytope.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.06253

zbMATH Keywords

automorphism groupconvex polytopeabstract polytopebarycentric subdivisioncombinatorical theory of convex polytopes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Combinatorial aspects of tessellation and tiling problems (05B45) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Symmetry properties of polytopes (52B15) Tilings in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C22)

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