List of D₆ polytopes

In 6-dimensional geometry, there are 64 uniform polytopes with D₆ symmetry, 16 are unique, and 48 are shared with the B₆ symmetry. There are two regular forms, the 6-orthoplex, and 6-demicube with 12 and 32 vertices respectively.

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

Graphs

Symmetric orthographic projections of these 16 polytopes can be made in the D₆, D₅, D₄, D₃, A₅, A₃, Coxeter planes. A_k has [k+1] symmetry, D_k has [2(k-1)] symmetry. B₆ is also included although only half of its [12] symmetry exists in these polytopes.

These 16 polytopes are each shown in these 7 symmetry planes, with vertices and edges drawn, and vertices colored by the number of overlapping vertices in each projective position.

References

• H.S.M. Coxeter:
  • H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973
• Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter, editied 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
• Richard Klitzing, 6D, uniform polytopes (polypeta)

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