Talk:Simplicial honeycomb
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 | On 16 November 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Simplectic honeycomb to Simplicial honeycomb. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 16 November 2023
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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Reading Beans (talk) 20:25, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- Simplectic honeycomb → Simplicial honeycomb
- Omnitruncated simplectic honeycomb → Omnitruncated simplicial honeycomb
- Cyclotruncated simplectic honeycomb → Cyclotruncated simplicial honeycomb
– The word "simplectic" as an adjective for simplices is simply not in use. A quick Google search for the word reveals only some random tech company, these wiki articles, and a bunch of typos for the word symplectic, which is unrelated. After digging a bit further, I was also able to find this blog post on "simplectic noise", but it directly references Wikipedia.
Out of the listed references in these articles (aside from the lost Norman Johnson manuscript), the only one to use the word "simplectic" is George Olshevsky, whose referenced manuscript is self-published. The wording in the article "we might call these 'simplectic' n-tesselations" suggests this might be the origin of the word.
On the other hand, the word "simplicial" is well established for concepts such as simplicial complexes or simplicial homology. H. S. M. Coxeter, also cited in the references of these articles, uses the word "simplicial" to refer to simplicial subdivision, as in page 130 of Regular Polytopes.
There's a broader question of whether these articles are even notable, as none of the references other Olshevsky's refer to simplicial honeycombs by any name to begin with. But if the articles are to stay, then I strongly believe "simplicial" is the correct word. viiii (talk) 14:02, 16 November 2023 (UTC)