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There are several families of symmetric polytopes with irreducible symmetry which have a member in more than one dimensionality. These are tabulated here with Petrie polygon projection graphs and Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams.
Table of irreducible polytope families | ||||||||||||||||
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Family n |
n-simplex | n-hypercube | n-orthoplex | n-demicube | 1k2 | 2k1 | k21 | pentagonal polytope | ||||||||
Group | An | Bn |
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Hn | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() p-gon (example: p=7) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hexagon |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pentagon | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tetrahedron |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Octahedron |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tetrahedron |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dodecahedron |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Icosahedron | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 5-cell |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 16-cell |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 24-cell |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 120-cell |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 600-cell | |||||||||
5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 5-simplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 5-cube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 5-orthoplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 5-demicube |
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6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 6-simplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 6-cube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 6-orthoplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 6-demicube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 122 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 221 |
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7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 7-simplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 7-cube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 7-orthoplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 7-demicube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 132 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 231 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 321 |
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8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 8-simplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 8-cube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 8-orthoplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 8-demicube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 142 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 241 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 421 |
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9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 9-simplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 9-cube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 9-orthoplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 9-demicube |
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10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 10-simplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 10-cube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 10-orthoplex |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 10-demicube |
Fundamental convex regular and uniform polytopes in dimensions 2–10
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Family | An | Bn | I2(p) / Dn | E6 / E7 / E8 / F4 / G2 | Hn | |||||||
Regular polygon | Triangle | Square | p-gon | Hexagon | Pentagon | |||||||
Uniform polyhedron | Tetrahedron | Octahedron • Cube | Demicube | Dodecahedron • Icosahedron | ||||||||
Uniform polychoron | Pentachoron | 16-cell • Tesseract | Demitesseract | 24-cell | 120-cell • 600-cell | |||||||
Uniform 5-polytope | 5-simplex | 5-orthoplex • 5-cube | 5-demicube | |||||||||
Uniform 6-polytope | 6-simplex | 6-orthoplex • 6-cube | 6-demicube | 122 • 221 | ||||||||
Uniform 7-polytope | 7-simplex | 7-orthoplex • 7-cube | 7-demicube | 132 • 231 • 321 | ||||||||
Uniform 8-polytope | 8-simplex | 8-orthoplex • 8-cube | 8-demicube | 142 • 241 • 421 | ||||||||
Uniform 9-polytope | 9-simplex | 9-orthoplex • 9-cube | 9-demicube | |||||||||
Uniform 10-polytope | 10-simplex | 10-orthoplex • 10-cube | 10-demicube | |||||||||
Uniform n-polytope | n-simplex | n-orthoplex • n-cube | n-demicube | 1k2 • 2k1 • k21 | n-pentagonal polytope | |||||||
Topics: Polytope families • Regular polytope • List of regular polytopes and compounds |