Rectified 7-simplexes
In seven-dimensional geometry, a rectified 7-simplex is a convex uniform 7-polytope, being a rectification of the regular 7-simplex.
|  7-simplex              |  Rectified 7-simplex              | |
|  Birectified 7-simplex              |  Trirectified 7-simplex              | |
| Orthogonal projections in A7 Coxeter plane | ||
|---|---|---|
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 | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Coxeter symbol | 051 | 
| Schläfli symbol | r{36} = {35,1} or | 
| Coxeter diagrams |              Or            | 
| 6-faces | 16 | 
| 5-faces | 84 | 
| 4-faces | 224 | 
| Cells | 350 | 
| Faces | 336 | 
| Edges | 168 | 
| Vertices | 28 | 
| Vertex figure | 6-simplex prism | 
| Petrie polygon | Octagon | 
| Coxeter group | A7, [36], order 40320 | 
| Properties | convex | 
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 









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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
    
| Ak Coxeter plane | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [7] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [5] | [4] | [3] | 
Birectified 7-simplex
    
| Birectified 7-simplex | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Coxeter symbol | 042 | 
| Schläfli symbol | 2r{3,3,3,3,3,3} = {34,2} or | 
| Coxeter diagrams |              Or          | 
| 6-faces | 16: 8 r{35}  8 2r{35}  | 
| 5-faces | 112: 28 {34}  56 r{34}  28 2r{34}  | 
| 4-faces | 392: 168 {33}  (56+168) r{33}  | 
| Cells | 770: (420+70) {3,3}  280 {3,4}  | 
| Faces | 840: (280+560) {3} | 
| Edges | 420 | 
| Vertices | 56 | 
| Vertex figure | {3}x{3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter group | A7, [36], order 40320 | 
| Properties | convex | 
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 







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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
    
| Ak Coxeter plane | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [7] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [5] | [4] | [3] | 
Trirectified 7-simplex
    
| Trirectified 7-simplex | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Coxeter symbol | 033 | 
| Schläfli symbol | 3r{36} = {33,3} or | 
| Coxeter diagrams |              Or        | 
| 6-faces | 16 2r{35} | 
| 5-faces | 112 | 
| 4-faces | 448 | 
| Cells | 980 | 
| Faces | 1120 | 
| Edges | 560 | 
| Vertices | 70 | 
| Vertex figure | {3,3}x{3,3} | 
| Coxeter group | A7×2, [[36]], order 80640 | 
| Properties | convex, 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 





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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
    
| Ak Coxeter plane | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [[7]] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [[5]] | [4] | [[3]] | 
Related polytopes
    
| Dim. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name Coxeter | Hexagon  =    t{3} = {6} | Octahedron    =      r{3,3} = {31,1} = {3,4} | Decachoron    2t{33} | Dodecateron      2r{34} = {32,2} | Tetradecapeton      3t{35} | Hexadecaexon        3r{36} = {33,3} | 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.
See also
    
    
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)
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