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A notation that recursively encodes certain properties of a specified regular polytope or tessellation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
Examples
- 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 Edition, page 481, 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}.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
From Schläfli (“a surname”) + symbol, after 19th-century Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli (1814–1895).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
Schläflin symboli
— notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
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German:
Schläfli-Symbol
— notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
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Hungarian:
Schläfli-szimbólum
— notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
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Italian:
simbolo di Schläfli
— notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
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Japanese:
シュレーフリ記号
(Shurēfuri kigō)
— notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
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Korean:
슐래플리 기호
(syullaepeulli giho)
— notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
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Polish:
symbol Schläfliego
— notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
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Romanian:
simbol Schläfli
— notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
