Schläfli symbol

Etymology
From +, after 19th-century Swiss mathematician  (1814–1895).

Noun

 * 1)  A notation that recursively encodes certain properties of a specified regular polytope or tessellation.
 * 2) * 1995, Unnamed translator, E. B. Vinberg, Polynomial Group, article in M. Hazewinkel (editor), Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Volume 4: Monge–Ampère Equation — Rings and Algebras, 2013, International Edition, page 481,
 * The three-dimensional regular polytopes (Platonic solids) have the following Schläfli symbols: the tetrahedron — {3, 3}, the cube — {4, 3}, the octahedron — {3, 4} — the dodecahedron — {5, 3}, and the icosahedron — {3, 5}.

Synonyms

 * Schläfli notation

Translations

 * Finnish: Schläflin symboli
 * German: Schläfli-Symbol
 * Italian: simbolo di Schläfli
 * Japanese: シュレーフリ記号
 * Korean: 슐래플리 기호
 * Romanian: simbol Schläfli