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Chebyshevskii Sb., 2023 Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 42–55 (Mi cheb1324)

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



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