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Polytope of Type {6,8}

Atlas Canonical Name {6,8}*96

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Overview

Group
SmallGroup(96,117)
Rank
3
Schläfli Type
{6,8}
Vertices, edges, …
6, 24, 8
Order of s0s1s2
24
Order of s0s1s2s1
2
Also known as
{6,8|2}. if this polytope has another name.

Special Properties

  • Compact Hyperbolic Quotient
  • Locally Spherical
  • Orientable
  • Flat

Quotients maximal quotients in bold

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Irregular Quotients of which this is a minimal cover

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Representations

Permutation Representation (GAP) 
s0 := ( 3, 4)( 6, 7)( 9,10)(12,13)(15,16)(18,19)(21,22)(23,24);;
s1 := ( 1, 3)( 2, 9)( 5, 6)( 7,10)( 8,15)(11,12)(13,16)(14,21)(17,18)(19,22)(20,23);;
s2 := ( 1, 2)( 3, 6)( 4, 7)( 5, 8)( 9,12)(10,13)(11,14)(15,18)(16,19)(17,20)(21,23)(22,24);;
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*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1, 
s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1, 
s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2 ];;
poly := F / rels;;
Permutation Representation (Magma) 
s0 := Sym(24)!( 3, 4)( 6, 7)( 9,10)(12,13)(15,16)(18,19)(21,22)(23,24);
s1 := Sym(24)!( 1, 3)( 2, 9)( 5, 6)( 7,10)( 8,15)(11,12)(13,16)(14,21)(17,18)(19,22)(20,23);
s2 := Sym(24)!( 1, 2)( 3, 6)( 4, 7)( 5, 8)( 9,12)(10,13)(11,14)(15,18)(16,19)(17,20)(21,23)(22,24);
poly := sub<Sym(24)|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*s2*s1*s0*s1*s2*s1, 
s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1*s0*s1, 
s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2 >;

References

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