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Schläfli symbols

Schläfli symbols is the plural of Schläfli symbol.

Meaning of Schläfli symbol

Noun

Schläfli symbol (plural Schläfli symbols)

  1. A notation that recursively encodes certain properties of a specified regular polytope or tessellation.
    • The three-dimensional regular polytopes (Platonic solids) have the following Schläfli symbols: the tetrahedron — {3, 3}, the cube — {4, 3}, the octahedron — {3, 4} — the dodecahedron — {5, 3}, and the icosahedron — {3, 5}.1995, Unnamed translator, E. B. Vinberg, Polynomial Group, article in M. Hazewinkel (editor), Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Volume 4: Monge–Ampère Equation — Rings and Algebras, 2013, International...

Questions about Schläfli symbols

What is Schläfli symbols the plural of?
Schläfli symbols is the plural of Schläfli symbol.

Words near Schläfli symbols in the dictionary

  1. Schläfli double six
  2. Schläfli double sixes
  3. Schläfli notation
  4. Schläfli notations
  5. Schläfli symbol
  6. Schläfli symbols
  7. schm-
  8. Schmahl
  9. Schmahls
  10. Schmahmann's syndrome
  11. Schmaker

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