Cyclotruncated 6-simplex honeycomb explained
In
six-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the
cyclotruncated 6-simplex honeycomb is a space-filling
tessellation (or
honeycomb). The tessellation fills space by
6-simplex, truncated 6-simplex, bitruncated 6-simplex, and tritruncated 6-simplex facets. These facet types occur in proportions of 2:2:2:1 respectively in the whole honeycomb.
Structure
It can be constructed by seven sets of parallel hyperplanes that divide space. The hyperplane intersections generate cyclotruncated 5-simplex honeycomb divisions on each hyperplane.
See also
Regular and uniform honeycombs in 6-space:
References
- Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
- 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, http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471010030.html
- (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10] (1.9 Uniform space-fillings)
- (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45]