Cubic-octahedral honeycomb


In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the cubic-octahedral honeycomb is a compact uniform honeycomb, constructed from cube, octahedron, and cuboctahedron cells, in a rhombicuboctahedron vertex figure. It has a single-ring Coxeter diagram,, and is named by its two regular cells.

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It contains a subgroup H2 tiling, the alternated order-4 hexagonal tiling,, with vertex figure 4.

Symmetry

A lower symmetry form, index 6, of this honeycomb can be constructed with symmetry, represented by a trigonal trapezohedron fundamental domain, and Coxeter diagram. This lower symmetry can be extended by restoring one mirror as.

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Related honeycombs

There are 5 related uniform honeycombs generated within the same family, generated with 2 or more rings of the Coxeter group :,,,,.

Rectified cubic-octahedral honeycomb

The rectified cubic-octahedral honeycomb is a compact uniform honeycomb, constructed from cuboctahedron and rhombicuboctahedron cells, in a cuboid vertex figure. It has a Coxeter diagram.

Cyclotruncated cubic-octahedral honeycomb

The cyclotruncated cubic-octahedral honeycomb is a compact uniform honeycomb, constructed from truncated cube and octahedron cells, in a square antiprism vertex figure. It has a Coxeter diagram.
It can be seen as somewhat analogous to the trioctagonal tiling, which has truncated square and triangle facets:

Cyclotruncated octahedral-cubic honeycomb

The cyclotruncated octahedral-cubic honeycomb is a compact uniform honeycomb, constructed from cube and truncated octahedron cells, in a triangular antiprism vertex figure. It has a Coxeter diagram.
It contains an H2 subgroup tetrahexagonal tiling alternating square and hexagonal faces, with Coxeter diagram or half symmetry :

Symmetry

A radial subgroup symmetry, index 6, of this honeycomb can be constructed with,, represented by a trigonal trapezohedron fundamental domain, and Coxeter diagram. This lower symmetry can be extended by restoring one mirror as.

Truncated cubic-octahedral honeycomb

The truncated cubic-octahedral honeycomb is a compact uniform honeycomb, constructed from truncated octahedron, truncated cube, rhombicuboctahedron, and truncated cuboctahedron cells, in a rectangular pyramid vertex figure. It has a Coxeter diagram.

Omnitruncated cubic-octahedral honeycomb

The omnitruncated cubic-octahedral honeycomb is a compact uniform honeycomb, constructed from truncated cuboctahedron cells, in a rhombic disphenoid vertex figure. It has a Coxeter diagram with + extended symmetry in its rhombic disphenoid vertex figure.