regular polytope
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Regular polytope
In
mathematics
, a regular polytope is a certain kind of
geometric
figure with a high degree of
symmetry
. Examples in two
dimensions
include the
square
, the regular
pentagon
and
hexagon
, and other
regular polygons
, including
star polygons
. In three dimensions the regular polytopes include the
cube
, the
dodecahedron
, and other
regular polyhedra
. There exist examples in higher dimensions also.
Circles
and
spheres
, although highly symmetric, are not considered
polytopes
because they do not have
plane
faces. The strong symmetry of the regular polytopes gives them an
aesthetic
quality that interests both non-mathematicians and mathematicians.
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