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.
Expansion (geometry)In geometry, expansion is a polytope operation where facets are separated and moved radially apart, and new facets are formed at separated elements (vertices, edges, etc.). Equivalently this operation can be imagined by keeping facets in the same position but reducing their size. The expansion of a regular polytope creates a uniform polytope, but the operation can be applied to any convex polytope, as demonstrated for polyhedra in Conway polyhedron notation (which represents expansion with the letter e).
Regular skew polyhedronIn geometry, the regular skew polyhedra are generalizations to the set of regular polyhedra which include the possibility of nonplanar faces or vertex figures. Coxeter looked at skew vertex figures which created new 4-dimensional regular polyhedra, and much later Branko Grünbaum looked at regular skew faces. Infinite regular skew polyhedra that span 3-space or higher are called regular skew apeirohedra. According to Coxeter, in 1926 John Flinders Petrie generalized the concept of regular skew polygons (nonplanar polygons) to regular skew polyhedra.
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.
Cantellation (geometry)In geometry, a cantellation is a 2nd-order truncation in any dimension that bevels a regular polytope at its edges and at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and of each vertex. Cantellation also applies to regular tilings and honeycombs. Cantellating a polyhedron is also rectifying its rectification. Cantellation (for polyhedra and tilings) is also called expansion by Alicia Boole Stott: it corresponds to moving the faces of the regular form away from the center, and filling in a new face in the gap for each opened edge and for each opened vertex.
Rectification (geometry)In Euclidean geometry, rectification, also known as critical truncation or complete-truncation, is the process of truncating a polytope by marking the midpoints of all its edges, and cutting off its vertices at those points. The resulting polytope will be bounded by vertex figure facets and the rectified facets of the original polytope. A rectification operator is sometimes denoted by the letter r with a Schläfli symbol. For example, r{4,3} is the rectified cube, also called a cuboctahedron, and also represented as .
Diagramme de Coxeter-DynkinEn géométrie, un diagramme de Coxeter-Dynkin est un graphe représentant un ensemble relationnel de miroirs (ou d'hyperplans de réflexion) dans l'espace pour une construction kaléidoscopique. En tant que graphe lui-même, le diagramme représente les groupes de Coxeter, chaque nœud du graphe représente un miroir (facette du domaine) et chaque branche du graphe représente l'ordre de l'angle diédral entre deux miroirs (sur une arête du domaine). En plus, les graphes ont des anneaux (cercles) autour des nœuds pour les miroirs actifs représentant un polytope précis.
