Crown jewel (EntityClass, 11)

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'''Crown jewels''' are a catch-all term for unusual [[Polytope#Convex_regular-faced_polytope|CRF polytope]]s with unique structures that cannot be obtained from the uniform polytopes or other simpler CRFs by simple "cut-and-paste" operations.
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== 3D ==
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They are the unusual [[Johnson solid]]s at the end of Johnson's list:
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* [[Snub disphenoid]] (J84),
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* [[Snub square antiprism]] (J85),
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* [[Sphenocorona]] (J86),
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* [[Augmented sphenocorona]] (J87),
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* [[Sphenomegacorona]] (J88),
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* [[Hebesphenomegacorona]] (J89),
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* [[Disphenocingulum]] (J90),
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* [[Bilunabirotunda]] (J91),
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* [[Triangular hebesphenorotunda]] (J92).
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== 4D ==
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So far, the following crown jewels have been discovered:
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* [[snubdis antiprism]] ([[cube]] || [[icosahedron]]): a crown jewel discovered by [[Klitzing]] and included in his list of segmentochora. It is considered a crown jewel because it involves the non-obvious placement of two polyhedra of different symmetry groups in parallel hyperplanes.
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* The non-icosahedral [[ursatope|ursachora]] are arguably crown jewels as well, since they cannot be derived from the uniform polychora by simple "cut-and-paste" operations, and their construction was non-obvious until [[Wendy]] first constructed the icosahedral variant (which happens to be a diminishing of the [[hydrochoron]]).
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* The [[bilbirothawroid]]s: a collection of polytopes containing bilbiro (J91) and/or thawro (J92) elements.

Latest revision as of 15:26, 1 March 2014

Crown jewels are a catch-all term for unusual CRF polytopes with unique structures that cannot be obtained from the uniform polytopes or other simpler CRFs by simple "cut-and-paste" operations.

3D

They are the unusual Johnson solids at the end of Johnson's list:

4D

So far, the following crown jewels have been discovered:

  • snubdis antiprism (cube || icosahedron): a crown jewel discovered by Klitzing and included in his list of segmentochora. It is considered a crown jewel because it involves the non-obvious placement of two polyhedra of different symmetry groups in parallel hyperplanes.
  • The non-icosahedral ursachora are arguably crown jewels as well, since they cannot be derived from the uniform polychora by simple "cut-and-paste" operations, and their construction was non-obvious until Wendy first constructed the icosahedral variant (which happens to be a diminishing of the hydrochoron).
  • The bilbirothawroids: a collection of polytopes containing bilbiro (J91) and/or thawro (J92) elements.

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