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.
Snub 24-cellIn geometry, the snub 24-cell or snub disicositetrachoron is a convex uniform 4-polytope composed of 120 regular tetrahedral and 24 icosahedral cells. Five tetrahedra and three icosahedra meet at each vertex. In total it has 480 triangular faces, 432 edges, and 96 vertices. One can build it from the 600-cell by diminishing a select subset of icosahedral pyramids and leaving only their icosahedral bases, thereby removing 480 tetrahedra and replacing them with 24 icosahedra.
4-polytope uniformethumb|upright=1.5|alt=Représentation du 120-cellules rectifié selon son diagramme de Schlegel|Diagramme de Schlegel du 120-cellules rectifié. Un 4-polytope uniforme est, en géométrie, un 4-polytope isogonal dont les cellules sont des polyèdres uniformes. Il s'agit de l'équivalent de ces derniers en dimension 4.
Cantellated tesseractIn four-dimensional geometry, a cantellated tesseract is a convex uniform 4-polytope, being a cantellation (a 2nd order truncation) of the regular tesseract. There are four degrees of cantellations of the tesseract including with permutations truncations. Two are also derived from the 24-cell family. The cantellated tesseract, bicantellated 16-cell, or small rhombated tesseract is a convex uniform 4-polytope or 4-dimensional polytope bounded by 56 cells: 8 small rhombicuboctahedra, 16 octahedra, and 32 triangular prisms.
Quaternions de HurwitzLes quaternions de Hurwitz portent ce nom en l'honneur du mathématicien allemand Adolf Hurwitz. Soit A un anneau. On definit l'algèbre de quaternions H(A) comme l'algèbre A[H] du groupe H des quaternions. Plus explicitement, c'est le A-module libre engendré par 1, i, j et k, muni de la structure d'algèbre : 1 élément neutre pour la multiplication, et les identités : Soit , l'algèbre des quaternions sur l'anneau Z des entiers relatifs.
IcositétrachoreL'icositétrachore, ou « 24-cellules » est un 4-polytope régulier convexe. Il est spécifique à la dimension 4 dans le sens où il ne possède aucun équivalent dans une autre dimension. On le dénomme aussi « 24-cellules », « icositétratope », ou « hypergranatoèdre ». On peut définir un icositétrachore dans au moyen des sommets de coordonnées , ainsi que ceux obtenus en permutant ces coordonnées. Ils sont au nombre de 24.
Construction de WythoffEn géométrie, une construction de Wythoff, nommée en l'honneur du mathématicien Willem Abraham Wythoff, est une méthode pour construire un polyèdre uniforme ou un pavage plan. On l'appelle souvent construction kaléidoscopique de Wythoff. Elle repose sur le pavage d'une sphère, avec des triangles sphériques. Si trois miroirs sont placés de telle manière que leurs plans se coupent en un point unique, alors les miroirs entourent un triangle sphérique sur la surface d'une sphère quelconque centrée en ce point et par réflexions répétées, on obtient une multitude de copies du triangle.
Truncated 5-cellIn geometry, a truncated 5-cell is a uniform 4-polytope (4-dimensional uniform polytope) formed as the truncation of the regular 5-cell. There are two degrees of truncations, including a bitruncation. The truncated 5-cell, truncated pentachoron or truncated 4-simplex is bounded by 10 cells: 5 tetrahedra, and 5 truncated tetrahedra. Each vertex is surrounded by 3 truncated tetrahedra and one tetrahedron; the vertex figure is an elongated tetrahedron. The truncated 5-cell may be constructed from the 5-cell by truncating its vertices at 1/3 of its edge length.
Rectified 24-cellIn geometry, the rectified 24-cell or rectified icositetrachoron is a uniform 4-dimensional polytope (or uniform 4-polytope), which is bounded by 48 cells: 24 cubes, and 24 cuboctahedra. It can be obtained by rectification of the 24-cell, reducing its octahedral cells to cubes and cuboctahedra. E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as tC24. It can also be considered a cantellated 16-cell with the lower symmetries B4 = [3,3,4]. B4 would lead to a bicoloring of the cuboctahedral cells into 8 and 16 each.
BitruncationIn geometry, a bitruncation is an operation on regular polytopes. It represents a truncation beyond rectification. The original edges are lost completely and the original faces remain as smaller copies of themselves. Bitruncated regular polytopes can be represented by an extended Schläfli symbol notation t_1,2{p,q,...} or 2t{p,q,...}. For regular polyhedra (i.e. regular 3-polytopes), a bitruncated form is the truncated dual. For example, a bitruncated cube is a truncated octahedron.
