1. Convex uniform polychora based on the pentachoron
(5-cell)
Symmetry group of all polychora in this section except
#5, 6, and 9: [3,3,3], the diploid pentachoric group, of
order 120
-
(o)----o-----o-----o
- Pentachoron [1]
Alternative names:
- 5-cell (most frequently used)
- Pentatope
- Pentahedroid (Henry Parker Manning)
- [Four-dimensional] simplex
- Pen (Jonathan Bowers: for pentachoron)
Schläfli symbols: {3,3,3}, also
t0{3,3,3} or
t3{3,3,3}
Elements:- Cells: 5 tetrahedra
- Faces: 10 triangles (all joining tetrahedra to
tetrahedra)
- Edges: 10
- Vertices: 5
Vertex figure:
- Regular tetrahedron, edge length 1
-
o----(o)----o-----o
- Dispentachoron [2]
Alternative names:
- Rectified 5-cell (Norman W. Johnson)
- Rectified pentachoron
- Rectified pentatope
- Rectified [four-dimensional] simplex
- Rap (Jonathan Bowers: for rectified
pentachoron)
- Ambopentachoron (Neil Sloane & John Horton Conway)
Schläfli symbols: r{3,3,3}, also
t1{3,3,3} or
t2{3,3,3}
Elements:
- Cells: 5 octahedra, 5 tetrahedra
- Faces: 30 triangles (10 joining octahedra to
octahedra, 20 joining octahedra to tetrahedra)
- Edges: 30
- Vertices: 10 (located at the midpoints of the edges
of a pentachoron, or at the centroids of its faces)
Vertex figure:
- Uniform triangular prism, edge
length 1
-
(o)---(o)----o-----o
- Truncated pentachoron [3]
Alternative names:
- Truncated 5-cell
- Truncated pentatope
- Truncated [four-dimensional] simplex
- Tip (Jonathan Bowers: for truncated
pentachoron)
Schläfli symbols: t{3,3,3}, also
t0,1{3,3,3} or
t2,3{3,3,3}
Elements:- Cells: 5 truncated tetrahedra, 5
tetrahedra
- Faces: 20 triangles (all joining tetrahedra to
truncated tetrahedra), 10 hexagons (all joining truncated
tetrahedra to truncated tetrahedra)
- Edges: 40
- Vertices: 20 (located 1/3 and 2/3 the way along each
edge of a pentachoron)
Vertex figure:
- Equilateral-triangular pyramid (or “triangular
spike”): base an equilateral triangle, edge length 1; all 3
lateral triangles isosceles, edge lengths 1, sqrt(3),
sqrt(3)
-
(o)----o----(o)----o
- [Small] prismatodispentachoron [4]
Alternative names:
- Rectified dispentachoron
- Cantellated 5-cell (Norman W. Johnson)
- Cantellated pentachoron
- Cantellated pentatope
- Cantellated [four-dimensional] simplex
- Srip (Jonathan Bowers: for small rhombated
pentachoron)
Schläfli symbols:
t0,2{3,3,3} or
t1,3{3,3,3}
Elements:
- Cells: 5 cuboctahedra, 5 octahedra, 10 triangular
prisms
- Faces: 50 triangles (10 joining cuboctahedra to
cuboctahedra, 20 joining cuboctahedra to octahedra, 20 joining
octahedra to triangular prisms), 30 squares (all joining
cuboctahedra to triangular prisms)
- Edges: 90
- Vertices: 30 (located at the midpoints of the edges
of a dispentachoron)
Vertex figure:
- Right isosceles-triangular prism: base an isosceles
triangle, edge lengths 1, sqrt(2), sqrt(2); height
1
-
(o)----o-----o----(o)
- [Small] prismatodecachoron [5]
Alternative names:
- Runcinated 5-cell (Norman W. Johnson)
- Runcinated pentachoron
- Runcinated pentatope
- Runcinated [four-dimensional] simplex
- Spid (Jonathan Bowers: for small
prismatodecachoron)
Symmetry group: [[3,3,3]], the extended pentachoric
group, of order 240
Schläfli symbol:
t0,3{3,3,3}
Elements:
- Cells: 10 tetrahedra, 20 triangular prisms
- Faces: 40 triangles (all joining tetrahedra to
triangular prisms), 30 squares (all joining triangular prisms to
triangular prisms)
- Edges: 60
- Vertices: 20
Vertex figure:
- Elongate equilateral-triangular antiprism: both bases
equilateral triangles, edge length 1; all 6 lateral faces
isosceles triangles edge lengths 1, sqrt(2),
sqrt(2)
-
o----(o)---(o)----o
- [Truncated-tetrahedral] decachoron [6]
Alternative names:- Bitruncated 5-cell (Norman W.
Johnson)
- Bitruncated pentachoron
- Bitruncated pentatope
- Bitruncated [four-dimensional] simplex
- Deca (Jonathan Bowers: for decachoron)
Symmetry group: [[3,3,3]], the extended pentachoric
group, of order 240
Schläfli symbols: 2t{3,3,3}, also
t1,2{3,3,3}
Elements:
- Cells: 10 truncated tetrahedra
- Faces: 20 triangles, 20 hexagons (all 40 faces joining
truncated tetrahedra to truncated tetrahedra)
- Edges: 60
- Vertices: 30
Vertex figure:
- Tetragonal disphenoid: tetrahedron with 2 opposite
edges length 1; all 4 lateral edges length sqrt(3)
-
(o)---(o)---(o)----o
- Great prismatodispentachoron [7]
Alternative names:
- Truncated dispentachoron
- Cantitruncated 5-cell (Norman W. Johnson)
- Cantitruncated pentachoron
- Cantitruncated pentatope
- Cantitruncated [four-dimensional] simplex
- Grip (Jonathan Bowers: for great rhombated
pentachoron)
Schläfli symbols:
t0,1,2{3,3,3} or
t1,2,3{3,3,3}
Elements:- Cells: 5 truncated octahedra, 5
truncated tetrahedra, 10 triangular prisms
- Faces: 20 triangles (all joining truncated tetrahedra
to triangular prisms), 30 squares (all joining truncated
octahedra to triangular prisms), 30 hexagons (10 joining
truncated octahedra to truncated octahedra, 20 joining truncated
octahedra to truncated tetrahedra)
- Edges: 120
- Vertices: 60 (located 1/3 and 2/3 the way along each
edge of a dispentachoron)
Vertex figure:
- Sphenoid (isosceles-triangular pyramid): base an
isosceles triangle with edges length 1, sqrt(2),
sqrt(2); all lateral edges length sqrt(3)
-
(o)---(o)----o----(o)
- Diprismatodispentachoron [8]
Alternative names:
- Runcitruncated 5-cell (Norman W. Johnson)
- Runcitruncated pentachoron
- Runcitruncated pentatope
- Runcitruncated [four-dimensional] simplex
- Prip (Jonathan Bowers: for prismatorhombated
pentachoron)
Schläfli symbols:
t0,1,3{3,3,3} or
t0,2,3{3,3,3}
Elements:- Cells: 5 truncated tetrahedra, 5
cuboctahedra, 10 triangular prisms, 10 hexagonal prisms
- Faces: 40 triangles (20 joining truncated tetrahedra
to cuboctahedra, 20 joining cuboctahedra to triangular prisms),
60 squares (30 joining cuboctahedra to hexagonal prisms, 30
joining triangular prisms to hexagonal prisms), 20 hexagons (all
joining truncated tetrahedra to hexagonal prisms)
- Edges: 150
- Vertices: 60
Vertex figure:
- Rectangular pyramid: base a rectangle with edges
length 1, sqrt(2); lateral faces an isosceles triangle
with edges length 1, sqrt(2), sqrt(2) and an
isosceles triangle with edges length 1, sqrt(3),
sqrt(3), alternating with 2 congruent isosceles triangles
with edges sqrt(2), sqrt(2), sqrt(3)
-
(o)---(o)---(o)---(o)
- Great prismatodecachoron [9]
Alternative names:
- Omnitruncated 5-cell (Norman W. Johnson)
- Omnitruncated pentachoron
- Omnitruncated pentatope
- Omnitruncated [four-dimensional] simplex
- Gippid (Jonathan Bowers: for great
prismatodecachoron)
Symmetry group: [[3,3,3]], the extended pentachoric
group, of order 240
Schläfli symbol:
t0,1,2,3{3,3,3}
Elements:
- Cells: 10 truncated octahedra, 20 hexagonal prisms
- Faces: 90 squares (60 joining truncated octahedra to
hexagonal prisms, 30 joining hexagonal prisms to hexagonal
prisms), 60 hexagons (40 joining truncated octahedra to hexagonal
prisms, 20 joining truncated octahedra to truncated octahedra)
- Edges: 240
- Vertices: 120
Vertex figure:
- Phyllic disphenoid with two
kinds of isosceles-triangular faces (chiral tetrahedron): two
faces with edges sqrt(2), sqrt(3), sqrt(3),
other two with edges
sqrt(2), sqrt(2), sqrt(3), arranged so the
sqrt(2) edges form a
chain and the sqrt(3) edges form the complementary chain
passing
through all 4 vertices; dextro and laevo versions
each occur at 60 vertices
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Section
2: Convex uniform polychora based on the tesseract
(hypercube) and hexadecachoron (16-cell): polychora #10–21
Section
3: Convex uniform polychora based on the icositetrachoron
(24-cell): polychora #22–31
Section
4: Convex uniform polychora based on the hecatonicosachoron
(120-cell) and hexacosichoron (600-cell): polychora #32–46
Section
5: The anomalous non-Wythoffian convex uniform polychoron:
polychoron #47
Section
6: Convex uniform prismatic polychora: polychora #48–64
and infinite sets
Section
7: Uniform polychora derived from glomeric tetrahedron
B4: all duplicates of prior
polychora