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Regular 3-polytopes of type $\{n,n\}$

Combinatorics 2025-05-15 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

For each integer n3 n \geq 3 , we construct a self-dual regular 3-polytope P \mathcal{P} of type {n,n} \{n, n\} with 2nn 2^n n flags, resolving two foundamental open questions on the existence of regular polytopes with certain Schl\"afli types. The automorphism group Aut(P) \operatorname{Aut}(\mathcal{P}) is explicitly realized as the semidirect product F2n1D2n \mathbb{F}_2^{n-1} \rtimes D_{2n} , where D2n D_{2n} is the dihedral group of order 2n 2n , with a complete presentation for Aut(P) \operatorname{Aut}(\mathcal{P}) is provided. This advances the systematic construction of regular polytopes with prescribed symmetries.

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@article{arxiv.2505.09505,
  title  = {Regular 3-polytopes of type $\{n,n\}$},
  author = {Mingchao Li and Wei-Juan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.09505},
  year   = {2025}
}
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