Polytopes which are orthogonal projections of regular simplexes (Q756137)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4190575
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Polytopes which are orthogonal projections of regular simplexes
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4190575

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    Polytopes which are orthogonal projections of regular simplexes (English)
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    1991
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    The author discusses the class \(P_{m,n}\) of convex n-polytopes in \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\) with m vertices which are certain orthogonal projections of regular simplices. The members in \(P_{m,n}\) are called \(\pi\)- polytopes. Every sufficiently symmetric polytope is an example of a \(\pi\)-polytope. The author proves that there exists a one-to-one correspondence (``duality'') between the polytopes in \(P_{m,n}\) and those in \(P_{m,m-n-1}\) which preserves the symmetry groups. Also it is shown that a \(\pi\)-polytope is an orthogonal projection of a crosspolytope if and only if it has central symmetry.
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    convex n-polytopes
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    orthogonal projections of regular simplices
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    symmetric polytope
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    crosspolytope
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    central symmetry
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