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. 2006 Jul 3;103(28):10612–10617. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0601389103

Table 2.

Typical Welsh tetrahedra

Points Welsh high: 24 symmetries
Welsh medial: 6 symmetries
Welsh low: 4 symmetries
Coordinates Type Coordinates Type Coordinates Type
Vertices (3/4, 3/4, 3/4) 23 (0, 0, 0) 0 (0, 0, 0) 0
(3/4, 1/4, 1/4) 23 (3/4, 1/4, 1/4) 23 (−1/2, 1/2, 1/2) 1
(1/4, 3/4, 1/4) 23 (1/4, 3/4, 1/4) 23 (1/4, 3/4, 1/4) 23
(1/4, 1/4, 3/4) 23 (1/4, 1/4, 3/4) 23 (1/4, 1/4, 3/4) 23
Node (1/2, 1/2, 1/2) 3 (11/40, 11/40, 11/40) 03 (−2/48, 17/48, 17/48) 130

Dodecahedral vocells have nuclei 23 and volume 14267/46080. Dodecatetrahedral ones have nuclei 0 or 1 and volume 8773/23040. Here 03 = (11/20)·0 + (9/20)·3 and 130 = (19/48)·1 + (15/48)·3 + (14/48)·0. Nodes are all points 2, 3, 02, 03, 12, 13, 021, 031, 120, or 130 with the above proportions.