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D4 polytope

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In 4-dimensional geometry, there are 7 uniform 4-polytopes with reflections of D4 symmetry, all are shared with higher symmetry constructions in the B4 or F4 symmetry families. there is also one half symmetry alternation, the snub 24-cell.

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Visualizations

Each can be visualized as symmetric orthographic projections in Coxeter planes of the D4 Coxeter group, and other subgroups. The B4 coxeter planes are also displayed, while D4 polytopes only have half the symmetry. They can also be shown in perspective projections of Schlegel diagrams, centered on different cells.

Coordinates

The base point can generate the coordinates of the polytope by taking all coordinate permutations and sign combinations. The edges' length will be √2. Some polytopes have two possible generator points. Points are prefixed by Even to imply only an even count of sign permutations should be included.

References

D4 polytope Wikipedia