Order-4 octahedral honeycomb

The order-4 octahedral honeycomb is a regular paracompact honeycomb in hyperbolic 3-space. It is paracompact because it has infinite vertex figures, with all vertices as ideal points at infinity. Given by Schläfli symbol {3,4,4}, it has four ideal octahedra around each edge, and infinite octahedra around each vertex in a square tiling vertex figure.[1]

Order-4 octahedral honeycomb

Perspective projection view
within Poincaré disk model
TypeHyperbolic regular honeycomb
Paracompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbols{3,4,4}
{3,41,1}
Coxeter diagrams


Cells{3,4}
Facestriangle {3}
Edge figuresquare {4}
Vertex figuresquare tiling, {4,4}
DualSquare tiling honeycomb, {4,4,3}
Coxeter groups, [3,4,4]
, [3,41,1]
PropertiesRegular

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.

Symmetry

A half symmetry construction, [3,4,4,1+], exists as {3,41,1}, with two alternating types (colors) of octahedral cells: .

A second half symmetry is [3,4,1+,4]: .

A higher index sub-symmetry, [3,4,4*], which is index 8, exists with a pyramidal fundamental domain, [((3,∞,3)),((3,∞,3))]: .

This honeycomb contains and that tile 2-hypercycle surfaces, which are similar to the paracompact infinite-order triangular tilings and , respectively:

The order-4 octahedral honeycomb is a regular hyperbolic honeycomb in 3-space, and is one of eleven regular paracompact honeycombs.

11 paracompact regular honeycombs

{6,3,3}

{6,3,4}

{6,3,5}

{6,3,6}

{4,4,3}

{4,4,4}

{3,3,6}

{4,3,6}

{5,3,6}

{3,6,3}

{3,4,4}

There are fifteen uniform honeycombs in the [3,4,4] Coxeter group family, including this regular form.

[4,4,3] family honeycombs
{4,4,3}
r{4,4,3}
t{4,4,3}
rr{4,4,3}
t0,3{4,4,3}
tr{4,4,3}
t0,1,3{4,4,3}
t0,1,2,3{4,4,3}
{3,4,4}
r{3,4,4}
t{3,4,4}
rr{3,4,4}
2t{3,4,4}
tr{3,4,4}
t0,1,3{3,4,4}
t0,1,2,3{3,4,4}

It is a part of a sequence of honeycombs with a square tiling vertex figure:

It a part of a sequence of regular polychora and honeycombs with octahedral cells:

Rectified order-4 octahedral honeycomb

Rectified order-4 octahedral honeycomb
TypeParacompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbolsr{3,4,4} or t1{3,4,4}
Coxeter diagrams


Cellsr{4,3}
{4,4}
Facestriangle {3}
square {4}
Vertex figure
square prism
Coxeter groups, [3,4,4]
, [3,41,1]
PropertiesVertex-transitive, edge-transitive

The rectified order-4 octahedral honeycomb, t1{3,4,4}, has cuboctahedron and square tiling facets, with a square prism vertex figure.

Truncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb

Truncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb
TypeParacompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbolst{3,4,4} or t0,1{3,4,4}
Coxeter diagrams


Cellst{3,4}
{4,4}
Facessquare {4}
hexagon {6}
Vertex figure
square pyramid
Coxeter groups, [3,4,4]
, [3,41,1]
PropertiesVertex-transitive

The truncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb, t0,1{3,4,4}, has truncated octahedron and square tiling facets, with a square pyramid vertex figure.

Bitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb

The bitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb is the same as the bitruncated square tiling honeycomb.

Cantellated order-4 octahedral honeycomb

Cantellated order-4 octahedral honeycomb
TypeParacompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbolsrr{3,4,4} or t0,2{3,4,4}
s2{3,4,4}
Coxeter diagrams

Cellsrr{3,4}
{}x4
r{4,4}
Facestriangle {3}
square {4}
Vertex figure
wedge
Coxeter groups, [3,4,4]
, [3,41,1]
PropertiesVertex-transitive

The cantellated order-4 octahedral honeycomb, t0,2{3,4,4}, has rhombicuboctahedron, cube, and square tiling facets, with a wedge vertex figure.

Cantitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb

Cantitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb
TypeParacompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbolstr{3,4,4} or t0,1,2{3,4,4}
Coxeter diagrams
Cellstr{3,4}
{}x{4}
t{4,4}
Facessquare {4}
hexagon {6}
octagon {8}
Vertex figure
mirrored sphenoid
Coxeter groups, [3,4,4]
, [3,41,1]
PropertiesVertex-transitive

The cantitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb, t0,1,2{3,4,4}, has truncated cuboctahedron, cube, and truncated square tiling facets, with a mirrored sphenoid vertex figure.

Runcinated order-4 octahedral honeycomb

The runcinated order-4 octahedral honeycomb is the same as the runcinated square tiling honeycomb.

Runcitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb

Runcitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb
TypeParacompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbolst0,1,3{3,4,4}
Coxeter diagrams
Cellst{3,4}
{6}x{}
rr{4,4}
Facessquare {4}
hexagon {6}
octagon {8}
Vertex figure
square pyramid
Coxeter groups, [3,4,4]
PropertiesVertex-transitive

The runcitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb, t0,1,3{3,4,4}, has truncated octahedron, hexagonal prism, and square tiling facets, with a square pyramid vertex figure.

Runcicantellated order-4 octahedral honeycomb

The runcicantellated order-4 octahedral honeycomb is the same as the runcitruncated square tiling honeycomb.

Omnitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb

The omnitruncated order-4 octahedral honeycomb is the same as the omnitruncated square tiling honeycomb.

Snub order-4 octahedral honeycomb

Snub order-4 octahedral honeycomb
TypeParacompact scaliform honeycomb
Schläfli symbolss{3,4,4}
Coxeter diagrams



Cellssquare tiling
icosahedron
square pyramid
Facestriangle {3}
square {4}
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups[4,4,3+]
[41,1,3+]
[(4,4,(3,3)+)]
PropertiesVertex-transitive

The snub order-4 octahedral honeycomb, s{3,4,4}, has Coxeter diagram . It is a scaliform honeycomb, with square pyramid, square tiling, and icosahedron facets.

See also

References

  1. Coxeter The Beauty of Geometry, 1999, Chapter 10, Table III
  • Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. ISBN 0-486-61480-8. (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
  • The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (1999), Dover Publications, LCCN 99-35678, ISBN 0-486-40919-8 (Chapter 10, Regular Honeycombs in Hyperbolic Space) Table III
  • Jeffrey R. Weeks The Shape of Space, 2nd edition ISBN 0-8247-0709-5 (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, (2015) Chapter 13: Hyperbolic Coxeter groups
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