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Regular polytopes from twisted Coxeter groups

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Dedicated to Professor L. Danzer on the occasion of his 60th birthday

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McMullen, P., Schulte, E. Regular polytopes from twisted Coxeter groups. Math Z 201, 209–226 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01160678

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