Pairs of mutually complementary $2$-dimensional simplicial polyhedra: Interesting examples
S. Lawrencea,
A. S. Laob,
M. E. Laob,
O. I. Chelyapinaa a Russian State University of Tourism and Service; Institute of Service Technologies
(Moscow)
b IT Company “Kometa Games” (Moscow)
Abstract:
We construct an example of a pair of (
$2$-dimensional)
$8$-vertex simplicial toroidal polyhedra (each polyhedron without self-intersection) with same
$1$-dimensional skeleton in (Euclidean)
$3$-space, which do not have a single common
$2$-face, and the union of the
$2$-skeletons of these two polyhedra gives a geometric realization of the
$2$-skeleton of the
$4$-dimensional hyperoctahedron in
$3$-space. Also, we construct an example of a pair of
$6$-vertex simplicial polyhedral projective planes with the same
$1$-skeleton in
$4$-space, which do not have a single common
$2$-face, and the union of these projective planes gives a geometric realization of the
$2$-skeleton of the
$5$-hypertetrahedron in
$4$-space. Finally, it is shown how to imagine, figuratively, the atoms in the molecule of methane
${\rm{CH}}_4$ “linked” by a pair of internally disjoint spanning polyhedral Möbius strips.
Keywords:
polyhedron, triangulation, torus, projective plane, Möbius strip, Schlegel diagram, GeoGebra.
UDC:
514.113.5 Received: 21.08.2022
Accepted: 12.09.2023
DOI:
10.22405/2226-8383-2023-24-3-42-55