Stericated 6-cubes

In six-dimensional geometry, a stericated 6-cube is a convex uniform 6-polytope, constructed as a sterication (4th order truncation) of the regular 6-cube.

6-cube	Stericated 6-cube	Steritruncated 6-cube
Stericantellated 6-cube	Stericantitruncated 6-cube	Steriruncinated 6-cube
Steriruncitruncated 6-cube	Steriruncicantellated 6-cube	Steriruncicantitruncated 6-cube
Orthogonal projections in B6 Coxeter plane

There are 8 unique sterications for the 6-cube with permutations of truncations, cantellations, and runcinations.

Stericated 6-cube

Stericated 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	2r2r{4,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	5760
Vertices	960
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups	B6, [4,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex

Alternate names

• Small cellated hexeract (Acronym: scox) (Jonathan Bowers)^[1]

Images

orthographic projections

Coxeter plane	B6	B5	B4
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B3	B2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A5	A3
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Steritruncated 6-cube

Steritruncated 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	t0,1,4{4,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	19200
Vertices	3840
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups	B6, [4,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex

Alternate names

• Cellirhombated hexeract (Acronym: catax) (Jonathan Bowers)^[2]

Images

orthographic projections

Coxeter plane	B6	B5	B4
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B3	B2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A5	A3
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Stericantellated 6-cube

Stericantellated 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	2r2r{4,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	28800
Vertices	5760
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups	B6, [4,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex

Alternate names

• Cellirhombated hexeract (Acronym: crax) (Jonathan Bowers)^[3]

Images

orthographic projections

Coxeter plane	B6	B5	B4
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B3	B2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A5	A3
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Stericantitruncated 6-cube

stericantitruncated 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	t0,1,2,4{4,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	46080
Vertices	11520
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups	B6, [4,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex

Alternate names

• Celligreatorhombated hexeract (Acronym: cagorx) (Jonathan Bowers)^[4]

Images

orthographic projections

Coxeter plane	B6	B5	B4
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B3	B2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A5	A3
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Steriruncinated 6-cube

steriruncinated 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	t0,3,4{4,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	15360
Vertices	3840
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups	B6, [4,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex

Alternate names

• Celliprismated hexeract (Acronym: copox) (Jonathan Bowers)^[5]

Images

orthographic projections

Coxeter plane	B6	B5	B4
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B3	B2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A5	A3
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Steriruncitruncated 6-cube

steriruncitruncated 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	2t2r{4,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	40320
Vertices	11520
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups	B6, [4,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex

Alternate names

• Celliprismatotruncated hexeract (Acronym: captix) (Jonathan Bowers)^[6]

Images

orthographic projections

Coxeter plane	B6	B5	B4
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B3	B2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A5	A3
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Steriruncicantellated 6-cube

steriruncicantellated 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	t0,2,3,4{4,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	40320
Vertices	11520
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups	B6, [4,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex

Alternate names

• Celliprismatorhombated hexeract (Acronym: coprix) (Jonathan Bowers)^[7]

Images

orthographic projections

Coxeter plane	B6	B5	B4
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B3	B2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A5	A3
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Steriruncicantitruncated 6-cube

Steriuncicantitruncated 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	tr2r{4,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	69120
Vertices	23040
Vertex figure
Coxeter groups	B6, [4,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex

Alternate names

• Great cellated hexeract (Acronym: gocax) (Jonathan Bowers)^[8]

Images

orthographic projections

Coxeter plane	B6	B5	B4
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B3	B2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A5	A3
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Related polytopes

These polytopes are from a set of 63 uniform 6-polytopes generated from the B₆ Coxeter plane, including the regular 6-cube or 6-orthoplex.

B6 polytopes
β6	t1β6	t2β6	t2γ6	t1γ6	γ6	t0,1β6	t0,2β6
t1,2β6	t0,3β6	t1,3β6	t2,3γ6	t0,4β6	t1,4γ6	t1,3γ6	t1,2γ6
t0,5γ6	t0,4γ6	t0,3γ6	t0,2γ6	t0,1γ6	t0,1,2β6	t0,1,3β6	t0,2,3β6
t1,2,3β6	t0,1,4β6	t0,2,4β6	t1,2,4β6	t0,3,4β6	t1,2,4γ6	t1,2,3γ6	t0,1,5β6
t0,2,5β6	t0,3,4γ6	t0,2,5γ6	t0,2,4γ6	t0,2,3γ6	t0,1,5γ6	t0,1,4γ6	t0,1,3γ6
t0,1,2γ6	t0,1,2,3β6	t0,1,2,4β6	t0,1,3,4β6	t0,2,3,4β6	t1,2,3,4γ6	t0,1,2,5β6	t0,1,3,5β6
t0,2,3,5γ6	t0,2,3,4γ6	t0,1,4,5γ6	t0,1,3,5γ6	t0,1,3,4γ6	t0,1,2,5γ6	t0,1,2,4γ6	t0,1,2,3γ6
t0,1,2,3,4β6	t0,1,2,3,5β6	t0,1,2,4,5β6	t0,1,2,4,5γ6	t0,1,2,3,5γ6	t0,1,2,3,4γ6	t0,1,2,3,4,5γ6

Notes

1. Klitzing, (x4o3o3o3x3o - scox)
2. Klitzing, (x4x3o3o3x3o - catax)
3. Klitzing, (x4o3x3o3x3o - crax)
4. Klitzing, (x4x3x3o3x3o - cagorx)
5. Klitzing, (x4o3o3x3x3o - copox))
6. Klitzing, (x4x3o3x3x3o - captix)
7. Klitzing, (x4o3x3x3x3o - coprix)
8. Klitzing, (x4x3x3x3x3o - gocax)

References

• H.S.M. Coxeter:
  • H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973
  • Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter, edited by F. Arthur Sherk, Peter McMullen, Anthony C. Thompson, Asia Ivic Weiss, Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1995, ISBN 978-0-471-01003-6
    • (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10]
    • (Paper 23) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes II, [Math. Zeit. 188 (1985) 559-591]
    • (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45]
• Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
  • N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D.
• Klitzing, Richard. "6D uniform polytopes (polypeta)".

External links

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