8-simplex

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Regular enneazetton
(8-simplex)
8-simplex t0.svg
Orthogonal projection
inside Petrie polygon
Type Regular 8-polytope
Family simplex
Schläfli symbol {3,3,3,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram CDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
7-faces 9 7-simplex7-simplex t0.svg
6-faces 36 6-simplex6-simplex t0.svg
5-faces 84 5-simplex5-simplex t0.svg
4-faces 126 5-cell4-simplex t0.svg
Cells 126 tetrahedron3-simplex t0.svg
Faces 84 triangle2-simplex t0.svg
Edges 36
Vertices 9
Vertex figure 7-simplex
Petrie polygon enneagon
Coxeter group A8 [3,3,3,3,3,3,3]
Dual Self-dual
Properties convex

In geometry, an 8-simplex is a self-dual regular 8-polytope. It has 9 vertices, 36 edges, 84 triangle faces, 126 tetrahedral cells, 126 5-cell 4-faces, 84 5-simplex 5-faces, 36 6-simplex 6-faces, and 9 7-simplex 7-faces. Its dihedral angle is cos−1(1/8), or approximately 82.82°.

It can also be called an enneazetton, or ennea-8-tope, as a 9-facetted polytope in 8-dimensions.. The name enneazetton is derived from ennea for nine facets in Greek and -zetta for having seven-dimensional facets, and -on.

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[edit] Coordinates

The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of an origin-centered regular enneazetton having edge length 2 are:

\left(1/6,\ \sqrt{1/28},\ \sqrt{1/21},\ \sqrt{1/15},\ \sqrt{1/10},\ \sqrt{1/6},\ \sqrt{1/3},\ \pm1\right)
\left(1/6,\ \sqrt{1/28},\ \sqrt{1/21},\ \sqrt{1/15},\ \sqrt{1/10},\ \sqrt{1/6},\ -2\sqrt{1/3},\ 0\right)
\left(1/6,\ \sqrt{1/28},\ \sqrt{1/21},\ \sqrt{1/15},\ \sqrt{1/10},\ -\sqrt{3/2},\ 0,\ 0\right)
\left(1/6,\ \sqrt{1/28},\ \sqrt{1/21},\ \sqrt{1/15},\ -2\sqrt{2/5},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)
\left(1/6,\ \sqrt{1/28},\ \sqrt{1/21},\ -\sqrt{5/3},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)
\left(1/6,\ \sqrt{1/28},\ -\sqrt{12/7},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)
\left(1/6,\ -\sqrt{7/4},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)
\left(-4/3,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

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

[edit] Images

orthographic projections
Ak Coxeter plane A8 A7 A6 A5
Graph 8-simplex t0.svg 8-simplex t0 A7.svg 8-simplex t0 A6.svg 8-simplex t0 A5.svg
Dihedral symmetry [9] [8] [7] [6]
Ak Coxeter plane A4 A3 A2
Graph 8-simplex t0 A4.svg 8-simplex t0 A3.svg 8-simplex t0 A2.svg
Dihedral symmetry [5] [4] [3]

[edit] Related polytopes

This polytope is one of 135 uniform 8-polytopes with A8 symmetry.

8-simplex t0.svg
t0
8-simplex t1.svg
t1
8-simplex t2.svg
t2
8-simplex t3.svg
t3
8-simplex t01.svg
t01
8-simplex t02.svg
t02
8-simplex t12.svg
t12
8-simplex t03.svg
t03
8-simplex t13.svg
t13
8-simplex t23.svg
t23
8-simplex t04.svg
t04
8-simplex t14.svg
t14
8-simplex t24.svg
t24
8-simplex t34.svg
t34
8-simplex t05.svg
t05
8-simplex t15.svg
t15
8-simplex t25.svg
t25
8-simplex t06.svg
t06
8-simplex t16.svg
t16
8-simplex t07.svg
t07
8-simplex t012.svg
t012
8-simplex t013.svg
t013
8-simplex t023.svg
t023
8-simplex t123.svg
t123
8-simplex t014.svg
t014
8-simplex t024.svg
t024
8-simplex t124.svg
t124
8-simplex t034.svg
t034
8-simplex t134.svg
t134
8-simplex t234.svg
t234
8-simplex t015.svg
t015
8-simplex t025.svg
t025
8-simplex t125.svg
t125
8-simplex t035.svg
t035
8-simplex t135.svg
t135
8-simplex t235.svg
t235
8-simplex t045.svg
t045
8-simplex t145.svg
t145
8-simplex t016.svg
t016
8-simplex t026.svg
t026
8-simplex t126.svg
t126
8-simplex t036.svg
t036
8-simplex t136.svg
t136
8-simplex t046.svg
t046
8-simplex t056.svg
t056
8-simplex t017.svg
t017
8-simplex t027.svg
t027
8-simplex t037.svg
t037
8-simplex t0123.svg
t0123
8-simplex t0124.svg
t0124
8-simplex t0134.svg
t0134
8-simplex t0234.svg
t0234
8-simplex t1234.svg
t1234
8-simplex t0125.svg
t0125
8-simplex t0135.svg
t0135
8-simplex t0235.svg
t0235
8-simplex t1235.svg
t1235
8-simplex t0145.svg
t0145
8-simplex t0245.svg
t0245
8-simplex t1245.svg
t1245
8-simplex t0345.svg
t0345
8-simplex t1345.svg
t1345
8-simplex t2345.svg
t2345
8-simplex t0126.svg
t0126
8-simplex t0136.svg
t0136
8-simplex t0236.svg
t0236
8-simplex t1236.svg
t1236
8-simplex t0146.svg
t0146
8-simplex t0246.svg
t0246
8-simplex t1246.svg
t1246
8-simplex t0346.svg
t0346
8-simplex t1346.svg
t1346
8-simplex t0156.svg
t0156
8-simplex t0256.svg
t0256
8-simplex t1256.svg
t1256
8-simplex t0356.svg
t0356
8-simplex t0456.svg
t0456
8-simplex t0127.svg
t0127
8-simplex t0137.svg
t0137
8-simplex t0237.svg
t0237
8-simplex t0147.svg
t0147
8-simplex t0247.svg
t0247
8-simplex t0347.svg
t0347
8-simplex t0157.svg
t0157
8-simplex t0257.svg
t0257
8-simplex t0167.svg
t0167
8-simplex t01234.svg
t01234
8-simplex t01235.svg
t01235
8-simplex t01245.svg
t01245
8-simplex t01345.svg
t01345
8-simplex t02345.svg
t02345
8-simplex t12345.svg
t12345
8-simplex t01236.svg
t01236
8-simplex t01246.svg
t01246
8-simplex t01346.svg
t01346
8-simplex t02346.svg
t02346
8-simplex t12346.svg
t12346
8-simplex t01256.svg
t01256
8-simplex t01356.svg
t01356
8-simplex t02356.svg
t02356
8-simplex t12356.svg
t12356
8-simplex t01456.svg
t01456
8-simplex t02456.svg
t02456
8-simplex t03456.svg
t03456
8-simplex t01237.svg
t01237
8-simplex t01247.svg
t01247
8-simplex t01347.svg
t01347
8-simplex t02347.svg
t02347
8-simplex t01257.svg
t01257
8-simplex t01357.svg
t01357
8-simplex t02357.svg
t02357
8-simplex t01457.svg
t01457
8-simplex t01267.svg
t01267
8-simplex t01367.svg
t01367
8-simplex t012345.svg
t012345
8-simplex t012346.svg
t012346
8-simplex t012356.svg
t012356
8-simplex t012456.svg
t012456
8-simplex t013456.svg
t013456
8-simplex t023456.svg
t023456
8-simplex t123456.svg
t123456
8-simplex t012347.svg
t012347
8-simplex t012357.svg
t012357
8-simplex t012457.svg
t012457
8-simplex t013457.svg
t013457
8-simplex t023457.svg
t023457
8-simplex t012367.svg
t012367
8-simplex t012467.svg
t012467
8-simplex t013467.svg
t013467
8-simplex t012567.svg
t012567
8-simplex t0123456 A7.svg
t0123456
8-simplex t0123457 A7.svg
t0123457
8-simplex t0123467 A7.svg
t0123467
8-simplex t0123567 A7.svg
t0123567
8-simplex t01234567 A7.svg
t01234567

[edit] References

  • H.S.M. Coxeter:
    • Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, (3rd edition, 1973), Dover edition, ISBN 0-486-61480-8, p.296, Table I (iii): Regular Polytopes, three regular polytopes in n-dimensions (n≥5)
    • H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973, p.296, Table I (iii): Regular Polytopes, three regular polytopes in n-dimensions (n≥5)
    • Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter, editied by F. Arthur Sherk, Peter McMullen, Anthony C. Thompson, Asia Ivic Weiss, Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1995, ISBN 978-0-471-01003-6 [1]
      • (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]
  • John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, The Symmetries of Things 2008, ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5 (Chapter 26. pp. 409: Hemicubes: 1n1)
  • Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
    • N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D. (1966)
  • Richard Klitzing, 8D uniform polytopes (polyzetta), x3o3o3o3o3o3o3o - ene

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