The Gossett polytopes, named after him, are often used for three semiregular polytopes he discovered in 6,7, and 8 dimensions, whose vertices are later seen to arise as the roots of the exceptional Lie algebras E 6, E 7 and E 8.
The Gossett polytopes are often used for three semiregular polytopes he discovered in 6,7, and 8 dimensions, whose vertices are later seen to arise as the roots of the exceptional Lie algebras E 6. The Gossett polytopes are often used for three semiregular polytopes he discovered in 6,7, and 8 dimensions, whose vertices are later seen to arise as the roots of the exceptional Lie algebras E 7. The Gossett polytopes are often used for three semiregular polytopes he discovered in 6,7, and 8 dimensions, whose vertices are later seen to arise as the roots of the exceptional Lie algebras E 8. The Gossett polytopes are named after him.