Order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
| Order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb | |
|---|---|
Perspective projection view within Poincaré disk model | |
| Type | Hyperbolic regular honeycomb Paracompact uniform honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbol | {5,3,6} {5,3[3]} |
| Coxeter diagram | Template:CDD Template:CDD ↔ Template:CDD |
| Cells | {5,3} |
| Faces | pentagon {5} |
| Edge figure | hexagon {6} |
| Vertex figure | triangular tiling |
| Dual | Order-5 hexagonal tiling honeycomb |
| Coxeter group | , [5,3,6] , [5,3[3]] |
| Properties | Regular, quasiregular |
The order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb is one of 11 paracompact regular honeycombs in hyperbolic 3-space. It is paracompact because it has vertex figures composed of an infinite number of faces, with all vertices as ideal points at infinity. It has Schläfli symbol {5,3,6}, with six ideal dodecahedral cells surrounding each edge of the honeycomb. Each vertex is ideal, and surrounded by infinitely many dodecahedra. The honeycomb has a triangular tiling vertex figure.
Symmetry
A half symmetry construction exists as Template:CDD with alternately colored dodecahedral cells.
Images
The model is cell-centered within the Poincaré disk model, with the viewpoint then placed at the origin. |
The order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb is similar to the 2D hyperbolic infinite-order pentagonal tiling, {5,∞}, with pentagonal faces, and with vertices on the ideal surface.
Related polytopes and honeycombs
The order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb is a regular hyperbolic honeycomb in 3-space, and one of 11 which are paracompact. Template:Regular paracompact H3 honeycombs
There are 15 uniform honeycombs in the [5,3,6] Coxeter group family, including this regular form, and its regular dual, the order-5 hexagonal tiling honeycomb. Template:635 family
The order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb is part of a sequence of regular polychora and honeycombs with triangular tiling vertex figures: Template:Triangular tiling vertex figure tessellations small
It is also part of a sequence of regular polytopes and honeycombs with dodecahedral cells: Template:Dodecahedral tessellations small
Rectified order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
| Rectified order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb | |
|---|---|
| Type | Paracompact uniform honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbols | r{5,3,6} t1{5,3,6} |
| Coxeter diagrams | Template:CDD Template:CDD ↔ Template:CDD |
| Cells | r{5,3} {3,6} |
| Faces | triangle {3} pentagon {5} |
| Vertex figure | hexagonal prism |
| Coxeter groups | , [5,3,6] , [5,3[3]] |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive |
The rectified order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb, t1{5,3,6} has icosidodecahedron and triangular tiling cells connected in a hexagonal prism vertex figure.

Perspective projection view within Poincaré disk model
It is similar to the 2D hyperbolic pentaapeirogonal tiling, r{5,∞} with pentagon and apeirogonal faces.
Template:Hexagonal tiling vertex figure tessellations Template:Clear
Truncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
| Truncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb | |
|---|---|
| Type | Paracompact uniform honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbols | t{5,3,6} t0,1{5,3,6} |
| Coxeter diagrams | Template:CDD Template:CDD ↔ Template:CDD |
| Cells | t{5,3} {3,6} |
| Faces | triangle {3} decagon {10} |
| Vertex figure | hexagonal pyramid |
| Coxeter groups | , [5,3,6] , [5,3[3]] |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive |
The truncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb, t0,1{5,3,6} has truncated dodecahedron and triangular tiling cells connected in a hexagonal pyramid vertex figure.
Bitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
The bitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb is the same as the bitruncated order-5 hexagonal tiling honeycomb.
Cantellated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
| Cantellated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb | |
|---|---|
| Type | Paracompact uniform honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbols | rr{5,3,6} t0,2{5,3,6} |
| Coxeter diagrams | Template:CDD Template:CDD ↔ Template:CDD |
| Cells | rr{5,3} rr{6,3} {}x{6} |
| Faces | triangle {3} square {4} pentagon {5} hexagon {6} |
| Vertex figure | wedge |
| Coxeter groups | , [5,3,6] , [5,3[3]] |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive |
The cantellated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb, t0,2{5,3,6}, has rhombicosidodecahedron, trihexagonal tiling, and hexagonal prism cells, with a wedge vertex figure.
Cantitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
| Cantitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb | |
|---|---|
| Type | Paracompact uniform honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbols | tr{5,3,6} t0,1,2{5,3,6} |
| Coxeter diagrams | Template:CDD Template:CDD ↔ Template:CDD |
| Cells | tr{5,3} t{3,6} {}x{6} |
| Faces | square {4} hexagon {6} decagon {10} |
| Vertex figure | mirrored sphenoid |
| Coxeter groups | , [5,3,6] , [5,3[3]] |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive |
The cantitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb, t0,1,2{5,3,6} has truncated icosidodecahedron, hexagonal tiling, and hexagonal prism facets, with a mirrored sphenoid vertex figure.
File:H3 635-0111.png Template:Clear
Runcinated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
The runcinated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb is the same as the runcinated order-5 hexagonal tiling honeycomb.
Runcitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
| Runcitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb | |
|---|---|
| Type | Paracompact uniform honeycomb |
| Schläfli symbols | t0,1,3{5,3,6} |
| Coxeter diagrams | Template:CDD |
| Cells | t{5,3} Error creating thumbnail: rr{6,3} Error creating thumbnail: {}x{10} File:Decagonal prism.png {}x{6} Error creating thumbnail: |
| Faces | square {4} hexagon {6} decagon {10} |
| Vertex figure | File:Runcitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb verf.png isosceles-trapezoidal pyramid |
| Coxeter groups | , [5,3,6] |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive |
The runcitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb, t0,1,3{5,3,6} has truncated dodecahedron, rhombitrihexagonal tiling, decagonal prism, and hexagonal prism facets, with an isosceles-trapezoidal pyramid vertex figure.
File:H3 635-1011.png Template:Clear
Runcicantellated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
The runcicantellated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb is the same as the runcitruncated order-5 hexagonal tiling honeycomb.
Omnitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb
The omnitruncated order-6 dodecahedral honeycomb is the same as the omnitruncated order-5 hexagonal tiling honeycomb.
See also
- Convex uniform honeycombs in hyperbolic space
- Regular tessellations of hyperbolic 3-space
- Paracompact uniform honeycombs
References
- Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. Template:Isbn. (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
- The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (1999), Dover Publications, Template:LCCN, Template:Isbn (Chapter 10, Regular Honeycombs in Hyperbolic Space) Table III
- Jeffrey R. Weeks The Shape of Space, 2nd edition Template:Isbn (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, (2018) Chapter 13: Hyperbolic Coxeter groups