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Polytope of Type {12,6}

Atlas Canonical Name {12,6}*216b

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Overview

Group
SmallGroup(216,87)
Rank
3
Schläfli Type
{12,6}
Vertices, edges, …
18, 54, 9
Order of s0s1s2
12
Order of s0s1s2s1
6
Also known as
if this polytope has a name.

Special Properties

  • Compact Hyperbolic Quotient
  • Locally Spherical
  • Non-Orientable
  • Self-Petrie

Quotients maximal quotients in bold

3-fold

Covers minimal covers in bold

2-fold

3-fold

4-fold

5-fold

6-fold

7-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 := ( 1,11)( 2,10)( 3,12)( 4,17)( 5,16)( 6,18)( 7,14)( 8,13)( 9,15);;
s2 := ( 1, 4)( 2, 5)( 3, 6)(13,18)(14,16)(15,17);;
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, s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2, 
s2*s1*s0*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1, 
s0*s1*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s0*s1*s2 ];;
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)!( 1,11)( 2,10)( 3,12)( 4,17)( 5,16)( 6,18)( 7,14)( 8,13)( 9,15);
s2 := Sym(18)!( 1, 4)( 2, 5)( 3, 6)(13,18)(14,16)(15,17);
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, s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2, 
s2*s1*s0*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1, 
s0*s1*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s0*s1*s2 >; 

References

None.

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