Contents

• Title Page......i
• Abstract......iii
• Contents......iv
• Acknowledgements......vii
• CHAPTER 1: How To Read This Thesis......1
  • 1.1: Aim of the Work......1
  • 1.2: Thesis Outline......3
  • 1.3: Knowledge Required and Other Warnings......5
• CHAPTER 2: Geometric Polytopes......6
  • 2.1: Introductory Concepts......6
  • 2.2: Definitions of a Polytope......8
  • 2.3: Properties of Polytopes......9
    • 2.3.1: Faces......9
    • 2.3.2: Combinatorial Equivalence......11
    • 2.3.3: Duals......13
    • 2.3.4: Vertex Figures......14
  • 2.4: Regular Polytopes......15
    • 2.4.1: The Definition......15
    • 2.4.2: Schlafli Symbols......17
  • 2.5: The Classification of Regular Polytopes......18
    • 2.5.1: The 1- and 2-polytopes......18
    • 2.5.2: The 3-polytopes......18
    • 2.5.3: The 4-polytopes......20
    • 2.5.4: From Then On......21
• CHAPTER 3: Combinatorial Polytopes......23
  • 3.1: Incidence Complexes......23
  • 3.2: Euler Polytopes......30
  • 3.3: Properties of Euler Polytopes......32
    • 3.3.1: Isomorphism......32
    • 3.3.2: Duals......37
    • 3.3.3: (i,j)-Connectivity......39
    • 3.3.4: Subpolytopes......42
    • 3.3.5: Decomposable Polytopes......44
  • 3.4: Regular Incidence Polytopes......50
    • 3.4.1: Automorphism Groups......50
    • 3.4.2: Regular Incidence Polytopes......52
    • 3.4.3: Schlafli Symbols......55
    • 3.4.4: Number Crunching......59
  • 3.5: The Geometric Link......60
• CHAPTER 4: Some Examples......64
  • 4.1: Combinatorial Simplices......65
  • 4.2: Combinatorial Cubes......69
  • 4.3: Halfcubes......76
  • 4.4: The Crosses and Halfcrosses......85
  • 4.5: The Lattices......86
  • 4.6: Sporadic Examples......97
    • 4.6.1: The 1-polytopes......97
    • 4.6.2: The 2-polytopes......98
    • 4.6.3: 3- and 4-polytopes......98
• CHAPTER 5: Groups And Polytopes......100
  • 5.1: Coxeter Groups......100
    • 5.1.1: Introduction......100
    • 5.1.2: Other Notes......105
    • 5.1.3: Coxeter Groups and the Flag Action......108
  • 5.2: Complexes Constructed from Groups......115
    • 5.2.1: Universal Complexes......116
    • 5.2.2: Quotient Polytopes......124
    • 5.2.3: Groups Acting on Quotients......134
  • 5.3: Applications of the Constructions......138
• CHAPTER 6: Some Classifications......143
  • 6.1: General Classes......143
    • 6.1.1: The Simplices......143
    • 6.1.2: Cubes and Halfcubes......149
    • 6.1.3: Crosses and Halfcrosses......154
  • 6.2: The Lattices and Related Polytopes......154
    • 6.2.1: Preliminaries......154
    • 6.2.2: The Coxeter Group......157
    • 6.2.3: Sparse Subgroups......163
    • 6.2.4: The Link With the Lattices......172
  • 6.3: Particular Dimensions......178
    • 6.3.1: The 1- and 2-polytopes......178
    • 6.3.2: The 3-polytopes......178
    • 6.3.3: The 4-polytopes......181
    • 6.3.4: The 5-polytopes......189
    • 6.3.5: From Then On......193
• CHAPTER 7: Conclusion......195
  • 7.1: Summary......195
  • 7.2: What Follows......198
• APPENDIX A: Information On Selected Coxeter Groups......200
• APPENDIX B: Non-Lattices......205
  • B.1: The Example......206
  • B.2: The Non-Existence......207
• APPENDIX C: CAYLEY Code......211
  • C.1: The Naive Algorithm......211
  • C.2: Refining the Search......213
  • C.3: An Infinite Search......215
• Bibliography......217
• Index......222

List of Tables

• Table 2.5.1: The Regular Polyhedra......18
• Table 2.5.2: Vertex Sets for the Regular Polyhedra......19
• Table 2.5.3: The Regular Geometric 4-Polytopes......21
• Table 2.5.4: The Regular Geometric d-Polytopes, d>=5 (i)......22
• Table 2.5.5: The Regular Geometric d-Polytopes, d>=5 (ii)......22
• Table 6.3.1: Overview of Combinatorially Regular 4-Polytopes......183
• Table 6.3.2: Some 4-Polytopes from Section 6.1......183
• Table 6.3.3: Combinatorially Regular 4-Polytopes with... ......184
• Table 6.3.4: Combinatorially Regular 4-Polytopes with... ......185
• Table 6.3.5: Some Combinatorially Regular Polytopes Corresp... ......187
• Table 6.3.6: Some Restrictions on Sparse Subgroups A......189
• Table 6.3.7: Analysing Euler's Condition for 5-Polytopes......192
• Table 6.3.8: Further Analysis of Euler's Condition......192
• Table 6.3.9: Combinatorially Regular Euler d-Polytopes for d>=5......194
• Table 7.1.1: Overview of Combinatorially Regular Euler Polytopes......199
• Table A.1: Finite Coxeter Groups Satisfying C1......200
• Table A.2: Infinite Coxeter Groups Satisfying C1 and C2......201
• Table A.3: Quotient Polytopes for d>=3......202
• Table A.4: Quotient Polytopes for d=4......203
• Table A.5: Quotient Polytopes for d=5......203
• Table A.6: Quotient Polytopes for d>=6......204
• Table A.7: Finite Universal Polytopes......204