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3 unusual facts about Dynkin diagram


Dynkin diagram

In the mathematical field of Lie theory, a Dynkin diagram, named for Eugene Dynkin, is a type of graph with some edges doubled or tripled (drawn as a double or triple line) and, within certain constraints, directed multiple edges.

Uniform k 21 polytope

The family was named by Coxeter as k21 by its bifurcating Coxeter–Dynkin diagram, with a single ring on the end of the k-node sequence.

Wythoff symbol

The Coxeter–Dynkin diagram is given in a linear form, although it is actually a triangle, with the trailing segment r connecting to the first node.



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