Order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb
In hyperbolic geometry, the order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb is one of four compact regular space-filling tessellations in hyperbolic 3-space. With Schläfli symbol it has five dodecahedral cells around each edge, and each vertex is surrounded by twenty dodecahedra. Its vertex figure is an icosahedron.
Description
The dihedral angle of a Euclidean regular dodecahedron is ~116.6°, so no more than three of them can fit around an edge in Euclidean 3-space. In hyperbolic space, however, the dihedral angle is smaller than it is in Euclidean space, and depends on the size of the figure; the smallest possible dihedral angle is 60°, for an ideal hyperbolic regular dodecahedron with infinitely long edges. The dodecahedra in this dodecahedral honeycomb are sized so that all of their dihedral angles are exactly 72°.Related polytopes and honeycombs
There are four regular compact honeycombs in 3D hyperbolic space:There is another honeycomb in hyperbolic 3-space called the order-4 dodecahedral honeycomb,, which has only four dodecahedra per edge. These honeycombs are also related to the 120-cell which can be considered as a honeycomb in positively curved space, with three dodecahedra on each edge,. Lastly the dodecahedral ditope, exists on a 3-sphere, with 2 hemispherical cells.
There are nine uniform honeycombs in the Coxeter group family, including this regular form. Also the bitruncated form, t1,2,, of this honeycomb has all truncated icosahedron cells.
The Seifert–Weber space is a compact manifold that can be formed as a quotient space of the order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb.
This honeycomb is a part of a sequence of polychora and honeycombs with icosahedron vertex figures:
This honeycomb is a part of a sequence of regular polytopes and honeycombs with dodecahedral cells:
Rectified order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb
The rectified order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb,, has alternating icosahedron and icosidodecahedron cells, with a pentagonal prism vertex figure.Related tilings and honeycomb
There are four rectified compact regular honeycombs:Truncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb
The truncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb,, has icosahedron and truncated dodecahedron cells, with a pentagonal pyramid vertex figure.Bitruncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb
The bitruncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb,, has truncated icosahedron cells, with a tetragonal disphenoid vertex figure.Cantellated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb
The cantellated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb,, has rhombicosidodecahedron, icosidodecahedron, and pentagonal prism cells, with a wedge vertex figure.Cantitruncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb
The cantitruncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb,, has truncated icosidodecahedron, truncated icosahedron, and pentagonal prism cells, with a mirrored sphenoid vertex figure.Runcinated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb
The runcinated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb,, has dodecahedron and pentagonal prism cells, with a triangular antiprism vertex figure.Runcitruncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb
The runcitruncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb,, has truncated dodecahedron, rhombicosidodecahedron, pentagonal prism, and decagonal prism cells, with an isosceles-trapezoidal pyramid vertex figure.The runcicantellated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb is equivalent to the runcitruncated order-5 dodecahedral honeycomb.