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Following is a list of some mathematically well-defined shapes .
Rational curves
Degree 2
Degree 3
Degree 4
Degree 5
Degree 6
Families of variable degree
Curves of genus one
Curves with genus greater than one
Curve families with variable genus
Transcendental curves
Curves generated by other curves
Space curves
Surfaces in 3-space
Pseudospherical surfaces
See the list of algebraic surfaces.
Miscellaneous surfaces
Fractals
Random fractals
Regular polytopes
This table shows a summary of regular polytope counts by dimension.
Dimension
Convex
Nonconvex
Convex Euclidean tessellations
Convex hyperbolic tessellations
Nonconvex hyperbolic tessellations
Hyperbolic Tessellations with infinite cells and/or vertex figures
Abstract Polytopes
1
1 line segment
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
∞ polygons
∞ star polygons
1
1
0
0
∞
3
5 Platonic solids
4 Kepler–Poinsot solids
3 tilings
∞
∞
∞
∞
4
6 convex polychora
10 Schläfli–Hess polychora
1 honeycomb
4
0
11
∞
5
3 convex 5-polytopes
0
3 tetracombs
5
4
2
∞
6
3 convex 6-polytopes
0
1 pentacombs
0
0
5
∞
7+
3
0
1
0
0
0
∞
There are no nonconvex Euclidean regular tessellations in any number of dimensions.
Polytope elements
The elements of a polytope can be considered according to either their own dimensionality or how many dimensions "down" they are from the body.
Vertex , a 0-dimensional element
Edge , a 1-dimensional element
Face , a 2-dimensional element
Cell, a 3-dimensional element
Hypercell or Teron, a 4-dimensional element
Facet , an (n -1)-dimensional element
Ridge, an (n -2)-dimensional element
Peak, an (n -3)-dimensional element
For example, in a polyhedron (3-dimensional polytope), a face is a facet, an edge is a ridge, and a vertex is a peak.
Vertex figure : not itself an element of a polytope, but a diagram showing how the elements meet.
Tessellations
The classical convex polytopes may be considered tessellations , or tilings, of spherical space. Tessellations of euclidean and hyperbolic space may also be considered regular polytopes. Note that an 'n'-dimensional polytope actually tessellates a space of one dimension less. For example, the (three-dimensional) platonic solids tessellate the 'two'-dimensional 'surface' of the sphere.
Zero dimension
One-dimensional regular polytope
There is only one polytope in 1 dimension, whose boundaries are the two endpoints of a line segment , represented by the empty Schläfli symbol {}.
Two-dimensional regular polytopes
Convex
Degenerate (spherical)
Non-convex
Tessellation
Three-dimensional regular polytopes
Convex
Degenerate (spherical)
Non-convex
Tessellations
Euclidean tilings
Hyperbolic tilings
Lobachevski plane
Hyperbolic tiling
Hyperbolic star-tilings
Four-dimensional regular polytopes
Degenerate (spherical)
Non-convex
Tessellations of Euclidean 3-space
Degenerate tessellations of Euclidean 3-space
Tessellations of hyperbolic 3-space
Five-dimensional regular polytopes and higher
Tessellations of Euclidean 4-space
Tessellations of Euclidean 5-space and higher
Tessellations of hyperbolic 4-space
Tessellations of hyperbolic 5-space
Apeirotopes
Abstract polytopes
2D with 1D surface
Polygons named for their number of sides
Tilings
non-convex
Great complex icosidodecahedron
Great deltoidal hexecontahedron
Great deltoidal icositetrahedron
Great dirhombicosidodecacron
Great dirhombicosidodecahedron
Great disdyakis dodecahedron
Great disdyakis triacontahedron
Great disnub dirhombidodecacron
Great ditrigonal dodecacronic hexecontahedron
Great dodecacronic hexecontahedron
Great dodecahemicosacron
Great dodecicosacron
Great hexacronic icositetrahedron
Great hexagonal hexecontahedron
Great icosacronic hexecontahedron
Great icosihemidodecacron
Great inverted pentagonal hexecontahedron
Great pentagonal hexecontahedron
Great pentagrammic hexecontahedron
Great pentakis dodecahedron
Great rhombic triacontahedron
Great rhombidodecacron
Great rhombihexacron
Great stellapentakis dodecahedron
Great triakis icosahedron
Great triakis octahedron
Great triambic icosahedron
Medial deltoidal hexecontahedron
Medial disdyakis triacontahedron
Medial hexagonal hexecontahedron
Medial icosacronic hexecontahedron
Medial inverted pentagonal hexecontahedron
Medial pentagonal hexecontahedron
Medial rhombic triacontahedron
Hexahemioctacron
Hemipolyhedron
Octahemioctacron
Rhombicosacron
Small complex icosidodecahedron
Small ditrigonal dodecacronic hexecontahedron
Small dodecacronic hexecontahedron
Small dodecahemicosacron
Small dodecahemidodecacron
Small dodecicosacron
Small hexacronic icositetrahedron
Small hexagonal hexecontahedron
Small hexagrammic hexecontahedron
Small icosacronic hexecontahedron
Small icosihemidodecacron
Small rhombidodecacron
Small rhombihexacron
Small stellapentakis dodecahedron
Small triambic icosahedron
Tetrahemihexacron
Johnson solids
Spherical polyhedra
Honeycombs
Convex uniform honeycomb
Dual uniform honeycomb
Others
Convex uniform honeycombs in hyperbolic space
Other
Polyhedral compound and Uniform polyhedron compound
Convex regular 4-polytope
Abstract regular polytope
Schläfli–Hess 4-polytope (Regular star 4-polytope)
Uniform 4-polytope
Rectified 5-cell , Truncated 5-cell , Cantellated 5-cell , Runcinated 5-cell
Rectified tesseract , Truncated tesseract , Cantellated tesseract , Runcinated tesseract
Rectified 16-cell, Truncated 16-cell
Rectified 24-cell , Truncated 24-cell, Cantellated 24-cell, Runcinated 24-cell, Snub 24-cell
Rectified 120-cell , Truncated 120-cell, Cantellated 120-cell , Runcinated 120-cell
Rectified 600-cell , Truncated 600-cell, Cantellated 600-cell
Prismatic uniform polychoron
Grand antiprism
Duoprism
Tetrahedral prism , Truncated tetrahedral prism
Truncated cubic prism , Truncated octahedral prism , Cuboctahedral prism , Rhombicuboctahedral prism , Truncated cuboctahedral prism , Snub cubic prism
Truncated dodecahedral prism , Truncated icosahedral prism , Icosidodecahedral prism , Rhombicosidodecahedral prism , Truncated icosidodecahedral prism , Snub dodecahedral prism
Uniform antiprismatic prism
Honeycombs
5D with 4D surfaces
Five-dimensional space , 5-polytope and uniform 5-polytope
5-simplex , Rectified 5-simplex, Truncated 5-simplex, Cantellated 5-simplex, Runcinated 5-simplex, Stericated 5-simplex
5-demicube , Truncated 5-demicube, Cantellated 5-demicube, Runcinated 5-demicube
5-cube , Rectified 5-cube, 5-cube , Truncated 5-cube, Cantellated 5-cube, Runcinated 5-cube, Stericated 5-cube
5-orthoplex , Rectified 5-orthoplex, Truncated 5-orthoplex, Cantellated 5-orthoplex, Runcinated 5-orthoplex
Prismatic uniform 5-polytope
For each polytope of dimension n , there is a prism of dimension n +1.[citation needed ]
Honeycombs
Six dimensions
Six-dimensional space , 6-polytope and uniform 6-polytope
6-simplex , Rectified 6-simplex, Truncated 6-simplex, Cantellated 6-simplex, Runcinated 6-simplex, Stericated 6-simplex, Pentellated 6-simplex
6-demicube , Truncated 6-demicube, Cantellated 6-demicube, Runcinated 6-demicube, Stericated 6-demicube
6-cube , Rectified 6-cube, 6-cube , Truncated 6-cube, Cantellated 6-cube, Runcinated 6-cube, Stericated 6-cube, Pentellated 6-cube
6-orthoplex , Rectified 6-orthoplex, Truncated 6-orthoplex, Cantellated 6-orthoplex, Runcinated 6-orthoplex, Stericated 6-orthoplex
122 polytope , 221 polytope
Honeycombs
Seven dimensions
Seven-dimensional space , uniform 7-polytope
7-simplex , Rectified 7-simplex, Truncated 7-simplex, Cantellated 7-simplex, Runcinated 7-simplex, Stericated 7-simplex, Pentellated 7-simplex, Hexicated 7-simplex
7-demicube , Truncated 7-demicube, Cantellated 7-demicube, Runcinated 7-demicube, Stericated 7-demicube, Pentellated 7-demicube
7-cube , Rectified 7-cube, 7-cube , Truncated 7-cube, Cantellated 7-cube, Runcinated 7-cube, Stericated 7-cube, Pentellated 7-cube, Hexicated 7-cube
7-orthoplex , Rectified 7-orthoplex, Truncated 7-orthoplex, Cantellated 7-orthoplex, Runcinated 7-orthoplex, Stericated 7-orthoplex, Pentellated 7-orthoplex
132 polytope , 231 polytope , 321 polytope
Honeycombs
Eight dimension
Eight-dimensional space , uniform 8-polytope
8-simplex, Rectified 8-simplex, Truncated 8-simplex, Cantellated 8-simplex, Runcinated 8-simplex, Stericated 8-simplex, Pentellated 8-simplex, Hexicated 8-simplex, Heptellated 8-simplex
8-orthoplex, Rectified 8-orthoplex, Truncated 8-orthoplex, Cantellated 8-orthoplex, Runcinated 8-orthoplex, Stericated 8-orthoplex, Pentellated 8-orthoplex, Hexicated 8-orthoplex[citation needed ]
8-cube, Rectified 8-cube, Truncated 8-cube, Cantellated 8-cube, Runcinated 8-cube, Stericated 8-cube, Pentellated 8-cube, Hexicated 8-cube, Heptellated 8-cube[citation needed ]
8-demicube, Truncated 8-demicube, Cantellated 8-demicube, Runcinated 8-demicube, Stericated 8-demicube, Pentellated 8-demicube, Hexicated 8-demicube[citation needed ]
142 polytope, 241 polytope, 421 polytope, Truncated 421 polytope, Truncated 241 polytope, Truncated 142 polytope, Cantellated 421 polytope, Cantellated 241 polytope, Runcinated 421 polytope[citation needed ]
Honeycombs
Nine dimensions
9-polytope
Hyperbolic honeycombs
Ten dimensions
10-polytope
Dimensional families
Regular polytope and List of regular polytopes
Uniform polytope
Honeycombs
Geometry
Geometry and other areas of mathematics
Ford circles
Glyphs and symbols
References
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