Cubic-triangular tiling honeycomb

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Cubic-triangular tiling honeycomb
Type Paracompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {(3,6,3,4)} or {(4,3,6,3)}
Coxeter diagrams File:CDel label6.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3ab.pngFile:CDel branch 10l.pngFile:CDel label4.png or File:CDel label6.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3ab.pngFile:CDel branch 01l.pngFile:CDel label4.png
Cells {4,3} File:Uniform polyhedron-43-t0.svg
{3,6} File:Uniform tiling 63-t2-red.svg
r{4,3} File:Uniform polyhedron-43-t1.svg
Faces triangular {3}
square {4}
hexagon {6}
Vertex figure File:Uniform tiling 63-t02.svg
rhombitrihexagonal tiling
Coxeter group [(6,3,4,3)]
Properties Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the cubic-triangular tiling honeycomb is a paracompact uniform honeycomb, constructed from cube, triangular tiling, and cuboctahedron cells, in a rhombitrihexagonal tiling vertex figure. It has a single-ring Coxeter diagram, File:CDel label6.pngFile:CDel branch.pngFile:CDel 3ab.pngFile:CDel branch 10l.pngFile:CDel label4.png, and is named by its two regular cells.

A geometric honeycomb is a space-filling of polyhedral or higher-dimensional cells, so that there are no gaps. It is an example of the more general mathematical tiling or tessellation in any number of dimensions.

Honeycombs are usually constructed in ordinary Euclidean ("flat") space, like the convex uniform honeycombs. They may also be constructed in non-Euclidean spaces, such as hyperbolic uniform honeycombs. Any finite uniform polytope can be projected to its circumsphere to form a uniform honeycomb in spherical space.

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References

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  • Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
  • Coxeter, The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays, Dover Publications, 1999 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space, Summary tables II, III, IV, V, p212-213)
  • Jeffrey R. Weeks The Shape of Space, 2nd edition Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Chapter 16-17: Geometries on Three-manifolds I, II)
  • Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript
    • N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1966
    • N.W. Johnson: Geometries and Transformations, (2018) Chapter 13: Hyperbolic Coxeter groups