Part of the Atlas of Small Regular Polytopes

Polytope of Type {4,4,3}

Atlas Canonical Name {4,4,3}*192b

Overview

Group
SmallGroup(192,1472)
Rank
4
Schläfli Type
{4,4,3}
Vertices, edges, …
4, 16, 12, 6
Order of s0s1s2s3
12
Order of s0s1s2s3s2s1
2
Also known as
1T4(2,0), {{4,4|2},{4,3}}. if this polytope has another name.

Special Properties

  • Universal
  • Locally Toroidal
  • Orientable
  • Flat

Quotients maximal quotients in bold

2-fold

4-fold

8-fold

Covers minimal covers in bold

2-fold

3-fold

4-fold

5-fold

6-fold

7-fold

9-fold

10-fold

Irregular Quotients of which this is a minimal cover

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P/N, where N=<(s1*s2)^2> of order 2

4 facets

4 vertex figures

  • 4 of 2-fold non-regular quotient of {4,3}*48

Representations

Permutation Representation (GAP) 
s0 := ( 7, 8)( 9,10)(11,12);;
s1 := ( 1, 7)( 2, 8)( 3, 9)( 4,10)( 5,12)( 6,11);;
s2 := ( 3, 5)( 4, 6)( 9,11)(10,12);;
s3 := ( 1, 3)( 2, 4)( 7, 9)( 8,10);;
poly := Group([s0,s1,s2,s3]);;
Finitely Presented Group Representation (GAP) 
F := FreeGroup("s0","s1","s2","s3");;
s0 := F.1;;  s1 := F.2;;  s2 := F.3;;  s3 := F.4;;  
rels := [ s0*s0, s1*s1, s2*s2, s3*s3, s0*s2*s0*s2, 
s0*s3*s0*s3, s1*s3*s1*s3, s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3, 
s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1, s0*s1*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1, 
s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2 ];;
poly := F / rels;;
Permutation Representation (Magma) 
s0 := Sym(12)!( 7, 8)( 9,10)(11,12);
s1 := Sym(12)!( 1, 7)( 2, 8)( 3, 9)( 4,10)( 5,12)( 6,11);
s2 := Sym(12)!( 3, 5)( 4, 6)( 9,11)(10,12);
s3 := Sym(12)!( 1, 3)( 2, 4)( 7, 9)( 8,10);
poly := sub<Sym(12)|s0,s1,s2,s3>;
Finitely Presented Group Representation (Magma) 
poly<s0,s1,s2,s3> := Group< s0,s1,s2,s3 | s0*s0, s1*s1, s2*s2, 
s3*s3, s0*s2*s0*s2, s0*s3*s0*s3, s1*s3*s1*s3, 
s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3, s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1, 
s0*s1*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1, s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2 >;

References

  1. Theorem 10B3, McMullen P., Schulte, E.; Abstract Regular Polytopes (Cambridge University Press, 2002)

to this polytope.