Polyèdre uniformeUn polyèdre uniforme est un polyèdre dont les faces sont des polygones réguliers et qui est isogonal, c'est-à-dire que pour tout couple de sommets, il existe une isométrie qui applique un sommet sur l'autre. Il en découle que tous les sommets sont congruents et que le polyèdre possède un haut degré de symétrie par réflexion et rotation. La notion de polyèdre uniforme est généralisée, pour un nombre de dimensions quelconque, par celle de . Les polyèdres uniformes peuvent être réguliers, quasi réguliers ou semi-réguliers.
11-cellIn mathematics, the 11-cell is a self-dual abstract regular 4-polytope (four-dimensional polytope). Its 11 cells are hemi-icosahedral. It has 11 vertices, 55 edges and 55 faces. It has Schläfli type {3,5,3}, with 3 hemi-icosahedra (Schläfli type {3,5}) around each edge. It has symmetry order 660, computed as the product of the number of cells (11) and the symmetry of each cell (60). The symmetry structure is the abstract group projective special linear group L2(11).
57-cellIn mathematics, the 57-cell (pentacontakaiheptachoron) is a self-dual abstract regular 4-polytope (four-dimensional polytope). Its 57 cells are hemi-dodecahedra. It also has 57 vertices, 171 edges and 171 two-dimensional faces. The symmetry order is 3420, from the product of the number of cells (57) and the symmetry of each cell (60). The symmetry abstract structure is the projective special linear group, L2(19). It has Schläfli type {5,3,5} with 5 hemi-dodecahedral cells around each edge. It was discovered by .
Figure de sommetEn géométrie, une figure de sommet d'un sommet donné d'un polytope est, de façon intuitive, l'ensemble des points directement reliés à ce sommet par une arête. Ceci s’applique également aux pavages infinis, ou pavages remplissant l’espace avec des cellules polytopiques. De façon plus précise, une figure de sommet pour un n-polytope est un (n-1)-polytope. Ainsi, une figure de sommet pour un polyèdre est une figure polygonale, et la figure de sommet pour un polychore est une figure polyèdrique.
Hemi-icosahedronA hemi-icosahedron is an abstract regular polyhedron, containing half the faces of a regular icosahedron. It can be realized as a projective polyhedron (a tessellation of the real projective plane by 10 triangles), which can be visualized by constructing the projective plane as a hemisphere where opposite points along the boundary are connected and dividing the hemisphere into three equal parts. It has 10 triangular faces, 15 edges, and 6 vertices.
Hemi-dodecahedronA hemi-dodecahedron is an abstract regular polyhedron, containing half the faces of a regular dodecahedron. It can be realized as a projective polyhedron (a tessellation of the real projective plane by 6 pentagons), which can be visualized by constructing the projective plane as a hemisphere where opposite points along the boundary are connected and dividing the hemisphere into three equal parts. It has 6 pentagonal faces, 15 edges, and 10 vertices.
Polyèdre sphériquevignette| Icosaèdre tronqué et ballon de football. Un polyèdre sphérique est constitué par un certain nombre d'arcs de grand cercle d'une même sphère (les arêtes) dont les extrémités (les sommets) sont communes à plusieurs arêtes ; les portions de sphère délimitées par les arêtes sont les faces. Autrement dit, un polyèdre sphérique est un pavage de la sphère par des polygones sphériques. Par abus de langage on appelle aussi polyèdre sphérique un polyèdre réalisant une approximation de la sphère, comme le dodécaèdre régulier, l'icosaèdre régulier ou l'icosaèdre tronqué.
Projective polyhedronIn geometry, a (globally) projective polyhedron is a tessellation of the real projective plane. These are projective analogs of spherical polyhedra – tessellations of the sphere – and toroidal polyhedra – tessellations of the toroids. Projective polyhedra are also referred to as elliptic tessellations or elliptic tilings, referring to the projective plane as (projective) elliptic geometry, by analogy with spherical tiling, a synonym for "spherical polyhedron".
Uniform polytopeIn geometry, a uniform polytope of dimension three or higher is a vertex-transitive polytope bounded by uniform facets. The uniform polytopes in two dimensions are the regular polygons (the definition is different in 2 dimensions to exclude vertex-transitive even-sided polygons that alternate two different lengths of edges). This is a generalization of the older category of semiregular polytopes, but also includes the regular polytopes. Further, star regular faces and vertex figures (star polygons) are allowed, which greatly expand the possible solutions.
Toroidal polyhedronIn geometry, a toroidal polyhedron is a polyhedron which is also a toroid (a g-holed torus), having a topological genus (g) of 1 or greater. Notable examples include the Császár and Szilassi polyhedra. Toroidal polyhedra are defined as collections of polygons that meet at their edges and vertices, forming a manifold as they do. That is, each edge should be shared by exactly two polygons, and at each vertex the edges and faces that meet at the vertex should be linked together in a single cycle of alternating edges and faces, the link of the vertex.