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Great Sphere


The great sphere on the surface of a hypersphere is the three-dimensional analog of the great circle on the surface of a sphere. Let 2h be the number of reflecting spheres, and let great spheres divide a hypersphere into g four-dimensional tetrahedra. Then for the polytope with Schläfli symbol {p,q,r},

 (64h)/g=12-p-2q-r+4/p+4/r.

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Great Circle

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Great Sphere." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GreatSphere.html

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