Orthogonal projections in A7 Coxeter plane
7-simplexRectified 7-simplex
Birectified 7-simplexTrirectified 7-simplex

In seven-dimensional geometry, a rectified 7-simplex is a convex uniform 7-polytope, being a rectification of the regular 7-simplex.

There are four unique degrees of rectifications, including the zeroth, the 7-simplex itself. Vertices of the rectified 7-simplex are located at the edge-centers of the 7-simplex. Vertices of the birectified 7-simplex are located in the triangular face centers of the 7-simplex. Vertices of the trirectified 7-simplex are located in the tetrahedral cell centers of the 7-simplex.

Rectified 7-simplex

Rectified 7-simplex
Typeuniform 7-polytope
Coxeter symbol051
Schläfli symbolr{36} = {35,1} or { 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 3 } {\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3,3,3,3,3\\3\end{array}}\right\}}
Coxeter diagramsor
6-faces16
5-faces84
4-faces224
Cells350
Faces336
Edges168
Vertices28
Vertex figure6-simplex prism
Petrie polygonOctagon
Coxeter groupA7, [36], order 40320
Propertiesconvex

The rectified 7-simplex is the edge figure of the 251 honeycomb. It is called 05,1 for its branching Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, shown as .

E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as S1 7.

Alternate names

  • Rectified octaexon (Acronym: roc) (Jonathan Bowers)

Coordinates

The vertices of the rectified 7-simplex can be most simply positioned in 8-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the rectified 8-orthoplex.

Images

Orthographic projections
Ak Coxeter planeA7A6A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry[8][7][6]
Ak Coxeter planeA4A3A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry[5][4][3]

Birectified 7-simplex

Birectified 7-simplex
Typeuniform 7-polytope
Coxeter symbol042
Schläfli symbol2r{3,3,3,3,3,3} = {34,2} or { 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 3 , 3 } {\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3,3,3,3\\3,3\end{array}}\right\}}
Coxeter diagramsor
6-faces16: 8 r{35} 8 2r{35}
5-faces112: 28 {34} 56 r{34} 28 2r{34}
4-faces392: 168 {33} (56+168) r{33}
Cells770: (420+70) {3,3} 280 {3,4}
Faces840: (280+560) {3}
Edges420
Vertices56
Vertex figure{3}x{3,3,3}
Coxeter groupA7, [36], order 40320
Propertiesconvex

E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as S2 7. It is also called 04,2 for its branching Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, shown as .

Alternate names

  • Birectified octaexon (Acronym: broc) (Jonathan Bowers)

Coordinates

The vertices of the birectified 7-simplex can be most simply positioned in 8-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the birectified 8-orthoplex.

Images

Orthographic projections
Ak Coxeter planeA7A6A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry[8][7][6]
Ak Coxeter planeA4A3A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry[5][4][3]

Trirectified 7-simplex

Trirectified 7-simplex
Typeuniform 7-polytope
Coxeter symbol033
Schläfli symbol3r{36} = {33,3} or { 3 , 3 , 3 3 , 3 , 3 } {\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3,3,3\\3,3,3\end{array}}\right\}}
Coxeter diagramsor
6-faces16 2r{35}
5-faces112
4-faces448
Cells980
Faces1120
Edges560
Vertices70
Vertex figure{3,3}x{3,3}
Coxeter groupA7×2, [[36]], order 80640
Propertiesconvex, isotopic

The trirectified 7-simplex is the intersection of two regular 7-simplexes in dual configuration.

E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as S3 7.

This polytope is the vertex figure of the 133 honeycomb. It is called 03,3 for its branching Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, shown as .

Alternate names

  • Hexadecaexon (Acronym: he) (Jonathan Bowers)

Coordinates

The vertices of the trirectified 7-simplex can be most simply positioned in 8-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the trirectified 8-orthoplex.

The trirectified 7-simplex is the intersection of two regular 7-simplices in dual configuration. This characterization yields simple coordinates for the vertices of a trirectified 7-simplex in 8-space: the 70 distinct permutations of (1,1,1,1,−1,−1,−1,-1).

Images

Orthographic projections
Ak Coxeter planeA7A6A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry[8][[7]][6]
Ak Coxeter planeA4A3A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry[[5]][4][[3]]

Related polytopes

Isotopic uniform truncated simplices
Dim.2345678
Name CoxeterHexagon = t{3} = {6}Octahedron = r{3,3} = {31,1} = {3,4} { 3 3 } {\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3\\3\end{array}}\right\}}Decachoron 2t{33}Dodecateron 2r{34} = {32,2} { 3 , 3 3 , 3 } {\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3,3\\3,3\end{array}}\right\}}Tetradecapeton 3t{35}Hexadecaexon 3r{36} = {33,3} { 3 , 3 , 3 3 , 3 , 3 } {\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3,3,3\\3,3,3\end{array}}\right\}}Octadecazetton 4t{37}
Images
Vertex figure( )∨( ){ }×{ }{ }∨{ }{3}×{3}{3}∨{3}{3,3}×{3,3}{3,3}∨{3,3}
Facets{3}t{3,3}r{3,3,3}2t{3,3,3,3}2r{3,3,3,3,3}3t{3,3,3,3,3,3}
As intersecting dual simplexes

Related polytopes

These polytopes are three of 71 uniform 7-polytopes with A7 symmetry.

A7 polytopes
t0t1t2t3t0,1t0,2t1,2t0,3
t1,3t2,3t0,4t1,4t2,4t0,5t1,5t0,6
t0,1,2t0,1,3t0,2,3t1,2,3t0,1,4t0,2,4t1,2,4t0,3,4
t1,3,4t2,3,4t0,1,5t0,2,5t1,2,5t0,3,5t1,3,5t0,4,5
t0,1,6t0,2,6t0,3,6t0,1,2,3t0,1,2,4t0,1,3,4t0,2,3,4t1,2,3,4
t0,1,2,5t0,1,3,5t0,2,3,5t1,2,3,5t0,1,4,5t0,2,4,5t1,2,4,5t0,3,4,5
t0,1,2,6t0,1,3,6t0,2,3,6t0,1,4,6t0,2,4,6t0,1,5,6t0,1,2,3,4t0,1,2,3,5
t0,1,2,4,5t0,1,3,4,5t0,2,3,4,5t1,2,3,4,5t0,1,2,3,6t0,1,2,4,6t0,1,3,4,6t0,2,3,4,6
t0,1,2,5,6t0,1,3,5,6t0,1,2,3,4,5t0,1,2,3,4,6t0,1,2,3,5,6t0,1,2,4,5,6t0,1,2,3,4,5,6

See also

Notes

  • H.S.M. Coxeter: H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover, New York, 1973 Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter, edited by F. Arthur Sherk, Peter McMullen, Anthony C. Thompson, Asia Ivić Weiss, Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1995, , ISBN 978-0-471-01003-6 (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380–407, MR 2,10] (Paper 23) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes II, [Math. Zeit. 188 (1985) 559–591] (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3–45]
  • Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991) N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D.
  • Klitzing, Richard. . o3x3o3o3o3o3o - roc, o3o3x3o3o3o3o - broc, o3o3o3x3o3o3o - he

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