Regular polyhedra related to projective linear groups

DOI10.1016/0012-365X(91)90107-DMaRDI QIDQ1182578zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Peter McMullen

Publication date 28 June 1992

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-365X(91)90107-D

zbMATH Keywords

blending operationPetrie polygon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Other matrix groups over finite fields (20H30) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Polyhedral manifolds (52B70)

Review text

For each odd prime \(p\) the author constructs a regular map of type \(\{3,p\}\) on an orientable surface with \((p^ 2-1)/2\) vertices. For \(p=3,5,7\) this leads to the tetrahedron, the icosahedron, and Klein's map \(\{3,7\}_ 8\), respectively. If \(p\equiv 1(\bmod 4)\) there is a 2-fold quotient of the same type \(\{3,p\}\) on a nonorientable surface with \((p^ 2-1)/4\) vertices. The automorphism group in this case is \(PSL(2,p)\). The construction involves specific algebraic properties of this group. Finally realizations in high dimensional euclidean space are discussed. These are based on appropriate orthogonal representations of \(PSL(2,p)\) or \(PGL(2,p)\).

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