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Regge Group


The Regge group is the finite group R of linear transformations of the six edge lengths, or equivalently the six dihedral angles, of a labeled tetrahedron generated by the 24 vertex relabelings and the three Regge transformations. Any one Regge transformation together with the relabelings generates the full group because the three transformations are conjugate under relabeling.

Abstractly,

 R=S_4×S_3  and  |R|=144.

Although R is a direct product, the geometric S_4 subgroup of vertex relabelings is not one of its direct factors. The group orbit of a labeled tetrahedron under R is called its Regge orbit. Regge orbits organize tetrahedra related by the Regge symmetry, including the sporadic rational tetrahedra (Kedlaya et al. 2020).

The group originated in Regge's additional symmetries of Racah W-coefficients, equivalently Wigner 6j-symbols (Regge 1959).


See also

Group Orbit, Racah W-Coefficient, Rational Tetrahedron, Regge Symmetry, Regge Transformation, Tetrahedron, Wigner 6j-Symbol

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References

Kedlaya, K. S.; Kolpakov, A.; Poonen, B.; and Rubinstein, M. "Space Vectors Forming Rational Angles." Nov. 28, 2020. https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.14232.Regge, T. "Symmetry properties of Racah's coefficients." Nuovo Cim. 11, 116-117, 1959. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02724914.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Regge Group." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ReggeGroup.html

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