Abstract Chiral Polytopes

Daniel Pellicer (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

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English

Cambridge University Press
03 April 2025

Groups & group theory; Euclidean geometry; Combinatorics & graph theory

Series: New Mathematical Monographs

Abstract polytopes are partially ordered sets that satisfy some key aspects of the face lattices of convex polytopes. They are chiral if they have maximal symmetry by combinatorial rotations, but none by combinatorial reflections. Aimed at graduate students and researchers in combinatorics, group theory or Euclidean geometry, this text gives a self-contained introduction to abstract polytopes and specialises in chiral abstract polytopes. The first three chapters are introductory and mostly contain basic concepts and results. The fourth chapter talks about ways to obtain chiral abstract polytopes from other abstract polytopes, while the fifth discusses families of chiral polytopes grouped by common properties such as their rank, their small size or their geometric origin. Finally, the last chapter relates chiral polytopes with geometric objects in Euclidean spaces. This material is complemented by a number of examples, exercises and figures, and a list of 75 open problems to inspire further research.

By: Daniel Pellicer (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 903g
ISBN: 9781108493246
ISBN 10: 1108493246
Series: New Mathematical Monographs
Pages: 491
Publication Date: 03 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Abstract regular and chiral polytopes; 3. Groups related to chiral polytopes; 4. Polytopes constructed from other polytopes; 5. Families of chiral polytopes; 6. Skeletal polytopes; A. A few treats on Euclidean geometry; B. A few words about numbers; C. Open problems; References; Index.

Daniel Pellicer is Investigador Titular B at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was awarded the Marsden postdoctoral fellowship by the Fields Institute (2011), and a Young Affiliate Fellowship by TWAS (2013–2018).