Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Abstract Regular and Chiral Polytopes
- 3 Groups Related to Chiral Polytopes
- 4 Polytopes Constructed from Other Polytopes
- 5 Families of Chiral Polytopes
- 6 Skeletal Polytopes
- Appendix A A Few Treats on Euclidean Geometry
- Appendix B A Few Words about Numbers
- Appendix C Open Problems
- References
- Index
4 - Polytopes Constructed from Other Polytopes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2025
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Abstract Regular and Chiral Polytopes
- 3 Groups Related to Chiral Polytopes
- 4 Polytopes Constructed from Other Polytopes
- 5 Families of Chiral Polytopes
- 6 Skeletal Polytopes
- Appendix A A Few Treats on Euclidean Geometry
- Appendix B A Few Words about Numbers
- Appendix C Open Problems
- References
- Index
Summary
The idea of this chapter is to show ways to construct polytopes from other polytopes, with emphasis on constructions yielding chiral polytopes. Some of these constructions can be performed through the connection group, and include the well-understood dual and Petrial operations. Other constructions use geometric or topological ideas, like embeddings, quotients and covers. The last construction, called the mix, uses two polytopes to obtain a third polytope that covers the other two.
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- Abstract Chiral Polytopes , pp. 208 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025