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Polytope of Type {4,12}

Atlas Canonical Name {4,12}*216

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Overview

Group
SmallGroup(216,87)
Rank
3
Schläfli Type
{4,12}
Vertices, edges, …
9, 54, 27
Order of s0s1s2
6
Order of s0s1s2s1
3
Also known as
if this polytope has a name.

Special Properties

  • Compact Hyperbolic Quotient
  • Locally Spherical
  • Orientable

Quotients maximal quotients in bold

3-fold

Covers minimal covers in bold

2-fold

3-fold

4-fold

6-fold

8-fold

9-fold

Irregular Quotients of which this is a minimal cover

None.

Representations

Permutation Representation (GAP)
s0 := ( 2, 3)( 5, 6)( 8, 9)(11,12)(13,16)(14,18)(15,17);;
s1 := ( 1,10)( 2,12)( 3,11)( 4,13)( 5,15)( 6,14)( 7,16)( 8,18)( 9,17);;
s2 := ( 1, 4)( 2, 6)( 3, 5)( 8, 9)(11,12)(13,14)(16,18);;
poly := Group([s0,s1,s2]);;
Finitely Presented Group Representation (GAP)
F := FreeGroup("s0","s1","s2");;
s0 := F.1;;  s1 := F.2;;  s2 := F.3;;  
rels := [ s0*s0, s1*s1, s2*s2, s0*s2*s0*s2, s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1, 
s0*s1*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1, 
s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1 ];;
poly := F / rels;;
Permutation Representation (Magma)
s0 := Sym(18)!( 2, 3)( 5, 6)( 8, 9)(11,12)(13,16)(14,18)(15,17);
s1 := Sym(18)!( 1,10)( 2,12)( 3,11)( 4,13)( 5,15)( 6,14)( 7,16)( 8,18)( 9,17);
s2 := Sym(18)!( 1, 4)( 2, 6)( 3, 5)( 8, 9)(11,12)(13,14)(16,18);
poly := sub<Sym(18)|s0,s1,s2>;
Finitely Presented Group Representation (Magma)
poly<s0,s1,s2> := Group< s0,s1,s2 | s0*s0, s1*s1, s2*s2, 
s0*s2*s0*s2, s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1, 
s0*s1*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1, 
s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1 >; 

References

None.

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