Rectified 8-simplexes


8-simplex

Rectified 8-simplex

Birectified 8-simplex

Trirectified 8-simplex
Orthogonal projections in A8 Coxeter plane

In eight-dimensional geometry, a rectified 8-simplex is a convex uniform 8-polytope, being a rectification of the regular 8-simplex.

There are unique 3 degrees of rectifications in regular 8-polytopes. Vertices of the rectified 8-simplex are located at the edge-centers of the 8-simplex. Vertices of the birectified 8-simplex are located in the triangular face centers of the 8-simplex. Vertices of the trirectified 8-simplex are located in the tetrahedral cell centers of the 8-simplex.

Rectified 8-simplex

Rectified 8-simplex
Typeuniform 8-polytope
Coxeter symbol 061
Schläfli symbol t1{37}
r{37} = {36,1}
or \left\{\begin{array}{l}3, 3, 3, 3, 3,3\\3\end{array}\right\}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
or
7-faces18
6-faces108
5-faces336
4-faces630
Cells756
Faces588
Edges252
Vertices36
Vertex figure7-simplex prism, {}×{3,3,3,3,3}
Petrie polygonenneagon
Coxeter groupA8, [37], order 362880
Propertiesconvex

E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as S1
8
. It is also called 06,1 for its branching Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, shown as .

Coordinates

The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of the rectified 8-simplex can be most simply positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the rectified 9-orthoplex.

Images

orthographic projections
Ak Coxeter plane A8 A7 A6 A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry [9] [8] [7] [6]
Ak Coxeter plane A4 A3 A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry [5] [4] [3]

Birectified 8-simplex

Birectified 8-simplex
Typeuniform 8-polytope
Coxeter symbol 052
Schläfli symbol t2{37}
2r{37} = {35,2} or
\left\{\begin{array}{l}3, 3, 3, 3, 3\\3, 3\end{array}\right\}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
or
7-faces18
6-faces144
5-faces588
4-faces1386
Cells2016
Faces1764
Edges756
Vertices84
Vertex figure{3}×{3,3,3,3}
Coxeter groupA8, [37], order 362880
Propertiesconvex

E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as S2
8
. It is also called 05,2 for its branching Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, shown as .

The birectified 8-simplex is the vertex figure of the 152 honeycomb.

Coordinates

The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of the birectified 8-simplex can be most simply positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the birectified 9-orthoplex.

Images

orthographic projections
Ak Coxeter plane A8 A7 A6 A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry [9] [8] [7] [6]
Ak Coxeter plane A4 A3 A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry [5] [4] [3]

Trirectified 8-simplex

Trirectified 8-simplex
Typeuniform 8-polytope
Coxeter symbol 043
Schläfli symbol t3{37}
3r{37} = {34,3} or
\left\{\begin{array}{l}3, 3, 3, 3\\3, 3,3 \end{array}\right\}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
or
7-faces18
6-faces
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges1260
Vertices126
Vertex figure{3,3}×{3,3,3}
Petrie polygonenneagon
Coxeter groupA7, [37], order 362880
Propertiesconvex

E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as S3
8
. It is also called 04,3 for its branching Coxeter-Dynkin diagram, shown as .

Coordinates

The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of the trirectified 8-simplex can be most simply positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the trirectified 9-orthoplex.

Images

orthographic projections
Ak Coxeter plane A8 A7 A6 A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry [9] [8] [7] [6]
Ak Coxeter plane A4 A3 A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry [5] [4] [3]

Related polytopes

This polytope is the vertex figure of the 9-demicube, and the edge figure of the uniform 261 honeycomb.

It is also one of 135 uniform 8-polytopes with A8 symmetry.

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