A geometric realization of an abstract polyhedron is a mapping that sends an i‐face to an open set of dimension i. This work adapts a method based on Wythoff construction to generate a full rank realization of an abstract regular polyhedron from its automorphism group Γ. The method entails finding a real orthogonal representation of Γ of degree 3 and applying its image to suitably chosen (not necessarily connected) open sets in space. To demonstrate the use of the method, it is applied to the abstract polyhedra whose automorphism groups are isomorphic to the non‐crystallographic Coxeter group H3.
Regular polyhedra and related structures such as complexes and nets play a prominent role in the study of materials such as crystals, nanotubes and viruses. An abstract regular polyhedron {\cal P} is the combinatorial analog of a classical regular geometric polyhedron. It is a partially ordered set of elements called faces that are completely characterized by a string C-group (G, T), which consists of a group G generated by a set T of involutions. A realization R is a mapping from {\cal P} to a Euclidean G space that is compatible with the associated real orthogonal representation of G. This work discusses an approach to the theory of realizations of abstract regular polyhedra with an emphasis on the construction of a realization and its decomposition as a blend of subrealizations. To demonstrate the approach, it is applied to the polyhedra whose automorphism groups are abstractly isomorphic to the non-crystallographic Coxeter group H
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