Simplicial polytope
View on WikipediaIn geometry, a simplicial polytope is a polytope whose facets are all simplices. It is topologically dual to simple polytopes. Polytopes that are both simple and simplicial are either simplices or two-dimensional polygons.
Examples
[edit]In the case of a three-dimensional simplicial polytope, known as the simplicial polyhedron, the polytope contains only triangular faces of any type.[1] These polyhedra include bipyramids, gyroelongated bipyramids, deltahedra (wherein the faces are equilateral triangles, and Kleetope of polyhedra. The simplicial polyhedron corresponds via Steinitz's theorem to a maximal planar graph.
For a simplicial tiling, examples are triangular tiling and Laves tiling.
Simplicial 4-polytopes include:
Simplicial higher polytope families:
- simplex
- cross-polytope (Orthoplex)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Cromwell, Peter R. Cromwell (1997). Polyhedra. Cambridge University Press. p. 341.
References
[edit]- Cromwell, Peter R. (1997). Polyhedra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-66405-5.
