120-cell
In geometry, the 120-cell is the convex regular 4-polytope (four-dimensional analogue of a Platonic solid) with Schläfli symbol {5,3,3}. It is also called a C120, dodecaplex (short for "dodecahedral complex"), hyperdodecahedron, polydodecahedron, hecatonicosachoron, dodecacontachoron and hecatonicosahedroid.
120-cell | |
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Schlegel diagram (vertices and edges) | |
Type | Convex regular 4-polytope |
Schläfli symbol | {5,3,3} |
Coxeter diagram | |
Cells | 120 {5,3} |
Faces | 720 {5} |
Edges | 1200 |
Vertices | 600 |
Vertex figure | tetrahedron |
Petrie polygon | 30-gon |
Coxeter group | H4, [3,3,5] |
Dual | 600-cell |
Properties | convex, isogonal, isotoxal, isohedral |
Uniform index | 32 |
The boundary of the 120-cell is composed of 120 dodecahedral cells with 4 meeting at each vertex. Together they form 720 pentagonal faces, 1200 edges, and 600 vertices. It is the 4-dimensional analogue of the regular dodecahedron, since just as a dodecahedron has 12 pentagonal facets, with 3 around each vertex, the dodecaplex has 120 dodecahedral facets, with 3 around each edge. Its dual polytope is the 600-cell.
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