From the hyperbolic 24-cell to the cuboctahedron
Abstract
We describe a family of 4-dimensional hyperbolic orbifolds, constructed by deforming an infinite volume orbifold obtained from the ideal, hyperbolic 24-cell by removing two walls. This family provides an infinite number of infinitesimally rigid, infinite covolume, geometrically finite discrete subgroups of the isometry group of hyperbolic 4-space. It also leads to finite covolume Coxeter groups which are the homomorphic image of the group of reflections in the hyperbolic 24-cell. The examples are constructed very explicitly, both from an algebraic and a geometric point of view. The method used can be viewed as a 4-dimensional, but infinite volume, analog of 3-dimensional hyperbolic Dehn filling.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.4537,
title = {From the hyperbolic 24-cell to the cuboctahedron},
author = {Steven P. Kerckhoff and Peter A. Storm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.4537},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
The article has 78 pages and 37 figures. Many of the figures use color in an essential way. If possible, use a color printer