Hyperrectangle
| Hyperrectangle Orthotope | |
|---|---|
 A rectangular cuboid is a 3-orthotope | |
| Type | Prism |
| Facets | 2n |
| Vertices | 2n |
| Schläfli symbol | {} × {} ... × {}[1] |
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagram |   ...
|
| Symmetry group | [2n−1], order 2n |
| Dual | Rectangular n-fusil |
| Properties | convex, zonohedron, isogonal |
In geometry, an orthotope[2] (also called a hyperrectangle or a box) is the generalization of a rectangle to higher dimensions. It is formally defined as the Cartesian product of orthogonal intervals. A hyperrectangle is a special case of a parallelotope.
Types[]
A three-dimensional orthotope is also called a right rectangular prism, rectangular cuboid, or rectangular parallelepiped.
The special case of an n-dimensional orthotope where all edges have equal length is the n-cube.[2]
By analogy, the term "hyperrectangle" or "box" can refer to Cartesian products of orthogonal intervals of other kinds, such as ranges of keys in database theory or ranges of integers, rather than real numbers.[3]
Dual polytope[]
| n-fusil | |
|---|---|
 Example: 3-fusil | |
| Facets | 2n |
| Vertices | 2n |
| Schläfli symbol | {} + {} + ... + {} |
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagram |  ...
|
| Symmetry group | [2n−1], order 2n |
| Dual | n-orthotope |
| Properties | convex, |
The dual polytope of an n-orthotope has been variously called a rectangular n-orthoplex, rhombic n-fusil, or n-lozenge. It is constructed by 2n points located in the center of the orthotope rectangular faces.
An n-fusil's Schläfli symbol can be represented by a sum of n orthogonal line segments: { } + { } + ... + { }.
A 1-fusil is a line segment. A 2-fusil is a rhombus. Its plane cross selections in all pairs of axes are rhombi.
| n | Example image |
|---|---|
| 1 |  { }
|
| 2 |  { } + { }
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| 3 |  Rhombic 3-orthoplex inside 3-orthotope { } + { } + { }
|
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ N.W. Johnson: Geometries and Transformations, (2018) ISBN 978-1-107-10340-5 Chapter 11: Finite symmetry groups, 11.5 Spherical Coxeter groups, p.251
- ^ a b Coxeter, 1973
- ^ See e.g. Zhang, Yi; Munagala, Kamesh; Yang, Jun (2011), "Storing matrices on disk: Theory and practice revisited" (PDF), Proc. VLDB, 4 (11): 1075–1086.
References[]
- Coxeter, Harold Scott MacDonald (1973). Regular Polytopes (3rd ed.). New York: Dover. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-486-61480-8.
External links[]
- Polytopes
- Prismatoid polyhedra
- Multi-dimensional geometry