Order-4 24-cell honeycomb explained
In the
geometry of
hyperbolic 4-space, the
order-4 24-cell honeycomb is one of two paracompact
regular space-filling
tessellations (or
honeycombs). It is called
paracompact because it has infinite
vertex figures, with all vertices as
ideal points at infinity. With
Schläfli symbol, it has four
24-cells around each face. It is dual to the
cubic honeycomb honeycomb.
Related honeycombs
It is related to the regular Euclidean 4-space 24-cell honeycomb,, with 24-cell facets.
See also
References
- Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. . (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
- Coxeter, The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays, Dover Publications, 1999 (Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space, Summary tables II, III, IV, V, p212-213)