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Polytope of Type {4,6}

Atlas Canonical Name {4,6}*96

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Overview

Group
SmallGroup(96,226)
Rank
3
Schläfli Type
{4,6}
Vertices, edges, …
8, 24, 12
Order of s0s1s2
6
Order of s0s1s2s1
4
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Special Properties

  • Compact Hyperbolic Quotient
  • Locally Spherical
  • Orientable

Quotients maximal quotients in bold

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Irregular Quotients of which this is a minimal cover

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P/N, where N=<(s1*s0*s1*s2)^2> of order 2

8 facets

4 vertex figures

Representations

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

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