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In geometry, demihypercubes (also called n-demicubes, n-hemicubes, and half measure polytopes) are a class of n-polytopes constructed from alternation of an n-hypercube, labeled as hγn for being half of the hypercube family, γn. Half of the vertices are deleted and new facets are formed. The 2n facets become 2n (n − 1)-demicubes, and 2n (n − 1)-simplex facets are formed in place of the deleted vertices.

Discovery
Thorold Gosset described the demipenteract in his 1900 publication listing all of the regular and semiregular figures in n-dimensions above three. He called it a 5-ic semi-regular. It also exists within the semiregular k21 polytope family. The demihypercubes can be represented by extended Schläfli symbols of the form h{4,3,...,3} as half the vertices of {4,3,...,3}. The vertex figures of demihypercubes are rectified n-simplexes. == Constructions ==
Constructions
They are represented by Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams of three constructive forms: • ... (As an alternated orthotope) s{21,1,...,1} • ... (As an alternated hypercube) h{4,3n−1} • .... (As a demihypercube) {31,n−3,1} H.S.M. Coxeter also labeled the third bifurcating diagrams as '1k1' representing the lengths of the three branches and led by the ringed branch. An n-demicube, n greater than 2, has n(n − 1)/2 edges meeting at each vertex. The graphs below show less edges at each vertex due to overlapping edges in the symmetry projection. In general, a demicube's elements can be determined from the original n-cube: (with Cn,m = mth-face count in n-cube = 2nm n!/(m!(nm)!)) • Vertices: Dn,0 = 1/2 Cn,0 = 2n−1 (Half the n-cube vertices remain) • Edges: Dn,1 = Cn,2 = 1/2 n(n – 1) 2n−2 (All original edges lost, each square faces create a new edge) • Faces: Dn,2 = 4 * Cn,3 = 2/3 n(n − 1)(n − 2) 2n−3 (All original faces lost, each cube creates 4 new triangular faces) • Cells: Dn,3 = Cn,3 + 23 Cn,4 (tetrahedra from original cells plus new ones) • Hypercells: Dn,4 = Cn,4 + 24 Cn,5 (16-cells and 5-cells respectively) • ... • [For m = 3, ... , n − 1]: Dn,m = Cn,m + 2m Cn,m+1 (m-demicubes and m-simplexes respectively) • ... • Facets: Dn,n−1 = 2n + 2n−1 ((n − 1)-demicubes and (n − 1)-simplices respectively) == Symmetry group ==
Symmetry group
The stabilizer of the demihypercube in the hyperoctahedral group (the Coxeter group BC_n [4,3n−1]) has index 2. It is the Coxeter group D_n, [3n−3,1,1] of order 2^{n-1}n!, and is generated by permutations of the coordinate axes and reflections along pairs of coordinate axes. == Orthotopic constructions ==
Orthotopic constructions
Constructions as alternated orthotopes have the same topology, but can be stretched with different lengths in n-axes of symmetry. The rhombic disphenoid is the three-dimensional example as alternated cuboid. It has three sets of edge lengths, and scalene triangle faces. == See also ==
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