Part of the Atlas of Small Regular Polytopes

Polytope of Type {2,4,8}

Atlas Canonical Name {2,4,8}*128a

Overview

Group
SmallGroup(128,1728)
Rank
4
Schläfli Type
{2,4,8}
Vertices, edges, …
2, 4, 16, 8
Order of s0s1s2s3
8
Order of s0s1s2s3s2s1
2
Also known as
if this polytope has a name.

Special Properties

  • Degenerate
  • Universal
  • Orientable
  • Flat

Quotients maximal quotients in bold

2-fold

4-fold

8-fold

Covers minimal covers in bold

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Representations

Permutation Representation (GAP)
s0 := (1,2);;
s1 := ( 4, 6)( 5, 8)(12,15)(14,17);;
s2 := ( 3, 4)( 5, 7)( 6, 9)( 8,11)(10,12)(13,15)(14,16)(17,18);;
s3 := ( 4, 5)( 6, 8)( 7,10)(11,13)(12,14)(15,17);;
poly := Group([s0,s1,s2,s3]);;
Finitely Presented Group Representation (GAP)
F := FreeGroup("s0","s1","s2","s3");;
s0 := F.1;;  s1 := F.2;;  s2 := F.3;;  s3 := F.4;;  
rels := [ s0*s0, s1*s1, s2*s2, s3*s3, s0*s1*s0*s1, 
s0*s2*s0*s2, s0*s3*s0*s3, s1*s3*s1*s3, 
s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2, s1*s2*s3*s2*s1*s2*s3*s2, 
s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3 ];;
poly := F / rels;;
Permutation Representation (Magma)
s0 := Sym(18)!(1,2);
s1 := Sym(18)!( 4, 6)( 5, 8)(12,15)(14,17);
s2 := Sym(18)!( 3, 4)( 5, 7)( 6, 9)( 8,11)(10,12)(13,15)(14,16)(17,18);
s3 := Sym(18)!( 4, 5)( 6, 8)( 7,10)(11,13)(12,14)(15,17);
poly := sub<Sym(18)|s0,s1,s2,s3>;
Finitely Presented Group Representation (Magma)
poly<s0,s1,s2,s3> := Group< s0,s1,s2,s3 | s0*s0, s1*s1, s2*s2, 
s3*s3, s0*s1*s0*s1, s0*s2*s0*s2, s0*s3*s0*s3, 
s1*s3*s1*s3, s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2*s1*s2, 
s1*s2*s3*s2*s1*s2*s3*s2, s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3*s2*s3 >;