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In geometry, there is a sequence of regular honeycombs of the form {6,3,p}, with hexagonal tiling cells:

{p,3,3} honeycombs
Space S3 H3
Form Finite Paracompact Noncompact
Name {3,3,3} {4,3,3} {5,3,3} {6,3,3} {7,3,3} {8,3,3} ... {∞,3,3}
Image
Coxeter diagrams
subgroups
1
4
6
12
24
Cells
{p,3}

{3,3}

{4,3}



{5,3}

{6,3}



{7,3}

{8,3}



{∞,3}


References

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  • Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. ISBN 0-486-61480-8. (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
  • The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (1999), Dover Publications, LCCN 99-35678, ISBN 0-486-40919-8 (Chapter 10, Regular Honeycombs in Hyperbolic Space) Table III
  • N. W. Johnson, R. Kellerhals, J. G. Ratcliffe, S. T. Tschantz, Commensurability classes of hyperbolic Coxeter groups, (2002) H3: p130. [1]
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