Uniform 2 K1 Polytope - Family Members

Family Members

The family starts uniquely as 6-polytopes, but can be extended backwards to include the 5-orthoplex (pentacross) in 5-dimensions, and the 4-simplex (5-cell) in 4-dimensions.

Each polytope is constructed from (n-1)-simplex and 2k-1,1 (n-1)-polytope facets, each has a vertex figure as an (n-1)-demicube, {31,n-2,1}.

The sequence ends with k=6 (n=10), as an infinite hyperbolic tessellation of 9-space.

The complete family of 2k1 polytope polytopes are:

  1. 5-cell: 201, (5 tetrahedra cells)
  2. Pentacross: 211, (32 5-cell (201) facets)
  3. 221, (72 5-simplex and 27 5-orthoplex (211) facets)
  4. 231, (576 6-simplex and 56 221 facets)
  5. 241, (17280 7-simplex and 240 231 facets)
  6. 251, tessellates Euclidean 8-space (∞ 8-simplex and ∞ 241 facets)
  7. 261, tessellates hyperbolic 9-space (∞ 9-simplex and ∞ 251 facets)

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