Orthographic projections in the D5 Coxeter plane

5-demicube

5-orthoplex

In 5-dimensional geometry, there are 23 uniform polytopes with D5 symmetry, 8 are unique, and 15 are shared with the B5 symmetry. There are two special forms, the 5-orthoplex, and 5-demicube with 10 and 16 vertices respectively.

They can be visualized as symmetric orthographic projections in Coxeter planes of the D6 Coxeter group, and other subgroups.

Graphs

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Symmetric orthographic projections of these 8 polytopes can be made in the D5, D4, D3, A3, Coxeter planes. Ak has [k+1] symmetry, Dk has [2(k-1)] symmetry. The B5 plane is included, with only half the [10] symmetry displayed.

These 8 polytopes are each shown in these 5 symmetry planes, with vertices and edges drawn, and vertices colored by the number of overlapping vertices in each projective position.

# Coxeter plane projections Coxeter diagram
        =          
Schläfli symbol
Johnson and Bowers names
[10/2] [8] [6] [4] [4]
B5 D5 D4 D3 A3
1                   =          
h{4,3,3,3}
5-demicube
Hemipenteract (hin)
2                   =          
h2{4,3,3,3}
Cantic 5-cube
Truncated hemipenteract (thin)
3                   =          
h3{4,3,3,3}
Runcic 5-cube
Small rhombated hemipenteract (sirhin)
4                   =          
h4{4,3,3,3}
Steric 5-cube
Small prismated hemipenteract (siphin)
5                   =          
h2,3{4,3,3,3}
Runcicantic 5-cube
Great rhombated hemipenteract (girhin)
6                   =          
h2,4{4,3,3,3}
Stericantic 5-cube
Prismatotruncated hemipenteract (pithin)
7                   =          
h3,4{4,3,3,3}
Steriruncic 5-cube
Prismatorhombated hemipenteract (pirhin)
8                   =          
h2,3,4{4,3,3,3}
Steriruncicantic 5-cube
Great prismated hemipenteract (giphin)

References

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  • H.S.M. Coxeter:
    • H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973
  • Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter, edited by F. Arthur Sherk, Peter McMullen, Anthony C. Thompson, Asia Ivic Weiss, Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1995, ISBN 978-0-471-01003-6 [1]
    • (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10]
    • (Paper 23) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes II, [Math. Zeit. 188 (1985) 559-591]
    • (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45]
  • N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1966
  • Klitzing, Richard. "5D uniform polytopes (polytera)".

Notes

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Family An Bn I2(p) / Dn E6 / E7 / E8 / F4 / G2 Hn
Regular polygon Triangle Square p-gon Hexagon Pentagon
Uniform polyhedron Tetrahedron OctahedronCube Demicube DodecahedronIcosahedron
Uniform polychoron Pentachoron 16-cellTesseract Demitesseract 24-cell 120-cell600-cell
Uniform 5-polytope 5-simplex 5-orthoplex5-cube 5-demicube
Uniform 6-polytope 6-simplex 6-orthoplex6-cube 6-demicube 122221
Uniform 7-polytope 7-simplex 7-orthoplex7-cube 7-demicube 132231321
Uniform 8-polytope 8-simplex 8-orthoplex8-cube 8-demicube 142241421
Uniform 9-polytope 9-simplex 9-orthoplex9-cube 9-demicube
Uniform 10-polytope 10-simplex 10-orthoplex10-cube 10-demicube
Uniform n-polytope n-simplex n-orthoplexn-cube n-demicube 1k22k1k21 n-pentagonal polytope
Topics: Polytope familiesRegular polytopeList of regular polytopes and compounds