Rectified 8-simplexes
![]() 8-simplex  | 
![]() Rectified 8-simplex  | ||
![]() Birectified 8-simplex  | 
![]() Trirectified 8-simplex  | ||
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 8-polytope | 
| Coxeter symbol | 061 | 
| Schläfli symbol |  t1{37} r{37} = {36,1} or ![]()  | 
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams | or  | 
| 7-faces | 18 | 
| 6-faces | 108 | 
| 5-faces | 336 | 
| 4-faces | 630 | 
| Cells | 756 | 
| Faces | 588 | 
| Edges | 252 | 
| Vertices | 36 | 
| Vertex figure | 7-simplex prism, {}×{3,3,3,3,3} | 
| Petrie polygon | enneagon | 
| Coxeter group | A8, [37], order 362880 | 
| Properties | convex | 
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 ![]()
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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
| Ak Coxeter plane | A8 | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
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| Dihedral symmetry | [9] | [8] | [7] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | |
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| Dihedral symmetry | [5] | [4] | [3] | 
Birectified 8-simplex
| Birectified 8-simplex | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 8-polytope | 
| Coxeter symbol | 052 | 
| Schläfli symbol |  t2{37} 2r{37} = {35,2} or ![]()  | 
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams | or  | 
| 7-faces | 18 | 
| 6-faces | 144 | 
| 5-faces | 588 | 
| 4-faces | 1386 | 
| Cells | 2016 | 
| Faces | 1764 | 
| Edges | 756 | 
| Vertices | 84 | 
| Vertex figure | {3}×{3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter group | A8, [37], order 362880 | 
| Properties | convex | 
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 ![]()
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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
| Ak Coxeter plane | A8 | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
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| Dihedral symmetry | [9] | [8] | [7] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | |
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| Dihedral symmetry | [5] | [4] | [3] | 
Trirectified 8-simplex
| Trirectified 8-simplex | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 8-polytope | 
| Coxeter symbol | 043 | 
| Schläfli symbol |  t3{37} 3r{37} = {34,3} or ![]()  | 
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams | or  | 
| 7-faces | 18 | 
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 1260 | 
| Vertices | 126 | 
| Vertex figure | {3,3}×{3,3,3} | 
| Petrie polygon | enneagon | 
| Coxeter group | A7, [37], order 362880 | 
| Properties | convex | 
E. L. Elte identified it in 1912 as a semiregular polytope, labeling it as S3
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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
| Ak Coxeter plane | A8 | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
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| Dihedral symmetry | [9] | [8] | [7] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | |
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| 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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Notes
References
-  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 Ivic 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.
 
 - Richard Klitzing, 8D, Uniform polytopes (polyzetta) o3x3o3o3o3o3o3o - rene, o3o3x3o3o3o3o3o - brene, o3o3o3x3o3o3o3o - trene
 
External links
- Olshevsky, George, Simplex at Glossary for Hyperspace.
 - Polytopes of Various Dimensions
 - Multi-dimensional Glossary
 
| Fundamental convex regular and uniform polytopes in dimensions 2–10 | ||||||||||||
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| Family | An | Bn | I2(p) / Dn | E6 / E7 / E8 / F4 / G2 | Hn | |||||||
| Regular polygon | Triangle | Square | p-gon | Hexagon | Pentagon | |||||||
| Uniform polyhedron | Tetrahedron | Octahedron • Cube | Demicube | Dodecahedron • Icosahedron | ||||||||
| Uniform 4-polytope | 5-cell | 16-cell • Tesseract | Demitesseract | 24-cell | 120-cell • 600-cell | |||||||
| Uniform 5-polytope | 5-simplex | 5-orthoplex • 5-cube | 5-demicube | |||||||||
| Uniform 6-polytope | 6-simplex | 6-orthoplex • 6-cube | 6-demicube | 122 • 221 | ||||||||
| Uniform 7-polytope | 7-simplex | 7-orthoplex • 7-cube | 7-demicube | 132 • 231 • 321 | ||||||||
| Uniform 8-polytope | 8-simplex | 8-orthoplex • 8-cube | 8-demicube | 142 • 241 • 421 | ||||||||
| Uniform 9-polytope | 9-simplex | 9-orthoplex • 9-cube | 9-demicube | |||||||||
| Uniform 10-polytope | 10-simplex | 10-orthoplex • 10-cube | 10-demicube | |||||||||
| Uniform n-polytope | n-simplex | n-orthoplex • n-cube | n-demicube | 1k2 • 2k1 • k21 | n-pentagonal polytope | |||||||
| Topics: Polytope families • Regular polytope • List of regular polytopes and compounds | ||||||||||||
























