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Polytope of Type {6,3,6}

Atlas Canonical Name {6,3,6}*864a

Overview

Group
SmallGroup(864,4673)
Rank
4
Schläfli Type
{6,3,6}
Vertices, edges, …
6, 36, 36, 24
Order of s0s1s2s3
12
Order of s0s1s2s3s2s1
2
Also known as
6T4(1,1)(2,2). if this polytope has another name.

Special Properties

  • Universal
  • Locally Toroidal
  • Orientable
  • Flat

Quotients maximal quotients in bold

3-fold

4-fold

9-fold

12-fold

18-fold

36-fold

Covers minimal covers in bold

2-fold

Irregular Quotients of which this is a minimal cover

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P/N, where N=<s1*s2*s3*s2*s1*(s3*s2)^2*s3> of order 2

12 facets

6 vertex figures

  • 6 of 2-fold non-regular quotient of {3,6}*144
P/N, where N=<(s1*s3*s2)^3*s3> of order 3

8 facets

6 vertex figures

  • 6 of 3-fold non-regular quotient of {3,6}*144
P/N, where N=<(s1*s3*s2)^3> of order 4

6 facets

6 vertex figures

  • 6 of 4-fold non-regular quotient of {3,6}*144

Representations

Permutation Representation (GAP) 
s0 := ( 5, 9)( 6,10)( 7,11)( 8,12)(17,21)(18,22)(19,23)(20,24)(29,33)(30,34)(31,35)(32,36);;
s1 := ( 1, 5)( 2, 7)( 3, 6)( 4, 8)(10,11)(13,29)(14,31)(15,30)(16,32)(17,25)(18,27)(19,26)(20,28)(21,33)(22,35)(23,34)(24,36);;
s2 := ( 1,13)( 2,14)( 3,16)( 4,15)( 5,21)( 6,22)( 7,24)( 8,23)( 9,17)(10,18)(11,20)(12,19)(27,28)(29,33)(30,34)(31,36)(32,35);;
s3 := ( 1, 4)( 5, 8)( 9,12)(13,16)(17,20)(21,24)(25,28)(29,32)(33,36);;
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, s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2, 
s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1, s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3, 
s3*s1*s2*s3*s2*s3*s1*s2*s3*s2*s3*s1*s2*s3*s2*s3*s1*s2*s3*s2 ];;
poly := F / rels;;
Permutation Representation (Magma) 
s0 := Sym(36)!( 5, 9)( 6,10)( 7,11)( 8,12)(17,21)(18,22)(19,23)(20,24)(29,33)(30,34)(31,35)(32,36);
s1 := Sym(36)!( 1, 5)( 2, 7)( 3, 6)( 4, 8)(10,11)(13,29)(14,31)(15,30)(16,32)(17,25)(18,27)(19,26)(20,28)(21,33)(22,35)(23,34)(24,36);
s2 := Sym(36)!( 1,13)( 2,14)( 3,16)( 4,15)( 5,21)( 6,22)( 7,24)( 8,23)( 9,17)(10,18)(11,20)(12,19)(27,28)(29,33)(30,34)(31,36)(32,35);
s3 := Sym(36)!( 1, 4)( 5, 8)( 9,12)(13,16)(17,20)(21,24)(25,28)(29,32)(33,36);
poly := sub<Sym(36)|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, 
s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2, s0*s1*s2*s0*s1*s0*s1*s2*s0*s1, 
s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3, 
s3*s1*s2*s3*s2*s3*s1*s2*s3*s2*s3*s1*s2*s3*s2*s3*s1*s2*s3*s2 >;

References

  1. Theorem 11C7,11C8, McMullen P., Schulte, E.; Abstract Regular Polytopes (Cambridge University Press, 2002)

to this polytope.