120-cell

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120-cell

Schlegel diagram
Type Regular polychoron
Cells 120 (5.5.5)
Faces 720 {5}
Edges 1200
Vertices 600
Vertex figure (3.3.3)
Schläfli symbol {5,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram Image:CDW_ring.pngImage:CDW_5.pngImage:CDW_dot.pngImage:CDW_3.pngImage:CDW_dot.pngImage:CDW_3b.pngImage:CDW_dot.png
Symmetry group H4, [3,3,5]
Dual 600-cell
Properties convex
Vertex figure: tetrahedronformed by 4 dodecahedral cells meeting at each vertex:
Vertex figure: tetrahedron
formed by 4 dodecahedral cells meeting at each vertex:

In geometry, the 120-cell (or hecatonicosachoron) is the convex regular polychoron (4-polytope) with Schläfli symbol {5,3,3}.

It can be thought of as the 4-dimensional analog of the dodecahedron and has been called a dodecaplex for being constructed of dodecahedron cells.

The boundary of the 120-cell is composed of 120 dodecahedral cells with 4 meeting at each vertex.

  • Together they have 720 pentagonal faces, 1200 edges, and 600 vertices.
  • There are 4 dodecahedra, 6 pentagons, and 4 edges meeting at every vertex.
  • There are 3 dodecahedra and 3 pentagons meeting every edge.

Related polytopes:

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[edit] Cartesian coordinates

The 600 vertices of the 120-cell include all permutations of

(0, 0, ±2, ±2)
(±1, ±1, ±1, ±√5)
(±τ-2, ±τ, ±τ, ±τ)
(±τ-1, ±τ-1, ±τ-1, ±τ2)

and all even permutations of

(0, ±τ-2, ±1, ±τ2)
(0, ±τ-1, ±τ, ±√5)
(±τ-1, ±1, ±τ, ±2)

where τ (also called φ) is the golden ratio, (1+√5)/2.

[edit] Images


Stereographic projection

Orthographic projection

[edit] References

[edit] External links

  • Eric W. Weisstein, 120-Cell at MathWorld.
  • Olshevsky, George, Hecatonicosachoron at Glossary for Hyperspace.
  • 120-cell – some nice projections of the 120-cell to 2 dimensions.
  • 120-cell explorer – A free interactive program that allows you to learn about a number of the 120-cell symmetries. The 120-cell is projected to 3 dimensions and then rendered using OpenGL.
  • Polytopes – very nice hidden-detail-removed projection of the 120-cell to 3 dimensions, midway through the page.
Convex regular 4-polytopes
pentachoron tesseract 16-cell 24-cell 120-cell 600-cell
{3,3,3} {4,3,3} {3,3,4} {3,4,3} {5,3,3} {3,3,5}
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