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In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the tetrahedron-octahedron honeycomb is a compact uniform honeycomb, constructed from octahedron and tetrahedron cells, in a rhombicuboctahedron vertex figure.
Tetrahedron-octahedron honeycomb | |
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Type | Compact uniform honeycomb Semiregular honeycomb |
Schläfli symbol | {(3,4,3,3)} or {(3,3,4,3)} |
Coxeter diagram | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cells | {3,3} ![]() {3,4} ![]() |
Faces | triangular {3} |
Vertex figure | ![]() rhombicuboctahedron |
Coxeter group | [(4,3,3,3)] |
Properties | Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive |
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.
It represents a semiregular honeycomb as defined by all regular cells, although from the Wythoff construction, rectified tetrahedral r{3,3}, becomes the regular octahedron {3,4}.
![]() Centered on octahedron |
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