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7-simplex honeycomb

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7-simplex honeycomb
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Type Uniform 7-honeycomb
Family Simplectic honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {3[8]} = 0[8]
Coxeter diagram
6-face types {36} , t1{36}
t2{36} , t3{36}
6-face types {35} , t1{35}
t2{35}
5-face types {34} , t1{34}
t2{34}
4-face types {33} , t1{33}
Cell types {3,3} , t1{3,3}
Face types {3}
Vertex figure t0,6{36}
Symmetry ×21, <[3[8]]>
Properties vertex-transitive

In seven-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the 7-simplex honeycomb is a space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). The tessellation fills space by 7-simplex, rectified 7-simplex, birectified 7-simplex, and trirectified 7-simplex facets. These facet types occur in proportions of 2:2:2:1 respectively in the whole honeycomb.

A7 lattice

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This vertex arrangement is called the A7 lattice or 7-simplex lattice. The 56 vertices of the expanded 7-simplex vertex figure represent the 56 roots of the Coxeter group.[1] It is the 7-dimensional case of a simplectic honeycomb. Around each vertex figure are 254 facets: 8+8 7-simplex, 28+28 rectified 7-simplex, 56+56 birectified 7-simplex, 70 trirectified 7-simplex, with the count distribution from the 9th row of Pascal's triangle.

contains as a subgroup of index 144.[2] Both and can be seen as affine extensions from from different nodes:

The A2
7
lattice can be constructed as the union of two A7 lattices, and is identical to the E7 lattice.

= .

The A4
7
lattice is the union of four A7 lattices, which is identical to the E7* lattice (or E2
7
).

= + = dual of .

The A*
7
lattice (also called A8
7
) is the union of eight A7 lattices, and has the vertex arrangement to the dual honeycomb of the omnitruncated 7-simplex honeycomb, and therefore the Voronoi cell of this lattice is an omnitruncated 7-simplex.

= dual of .

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This honeycomb is one of 29 unique uniform honeycombs[3] constructed by the Coxeter group, grouped by their extended symmetry of rings within the regular octagon diagram:

A7 honeycombs
Octagon
symmetry
Extended
symmetry
Extended
diagram
Extended
group
Honeycombs
a1 [3[8]]

d2 <[3[8]]> ×21

1

p2 [[3[8]]] ×22

2

d4 <2[3[8]]> ×41

p4 [2[3[8]]] ×42

d8 [4[3[8]]] ×8
r16 [8[3[8]]] ×16 3

Projection by folding

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The 7-simplex honeycomb can be projected into the 4-dimensional tesseractic honeycomb by a geometric folding operation that maps two pairs of mirrors into each other, sharing the same vertex arrangement:

See also

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Regular and uniform honeycombs in 7-space:

Notes

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  1. ^ "The Lattice A7".
  2. ^ N.W. Johnson: Geometries and Transformations, (2018) 12.4: Euclidean Coxeter groups, p.294
  3. ^ Weisstein, Eric W. "Necklace". MathWorld., OEIS sequence A000029 30-1 cases, skipping one with zero marks

References

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  • Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
  • 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 [1]
    • (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380–407, MR 2,10] (1.9 Uniform space-fillings)
    • (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3–45]
Space Family / /
E2 Uniform tiling 0[3] δ3 3 3 Hexagonal
E3 Uniform convex honeycomb 0[4] δ4 4 4
E4 Uniform 4-honeycomb 0[5] δ5 5 5 24-cell honeycomb
E5 Uniform 5-honeycomb 0[6] δ6 6 6
E6 Uniform 6-honeycomb 0[7] δ7 7 7 222
E7 Uniform 7-honeycomb 0[8] δ8 8 8 133331
E8 Uniform 8-honeycomb 0[9] δ9 9 9 152251521
E9 Uniform 9-honeycomb 0[10] δ10 10 10
E10 Uniform 10-honeycomb 0[11] δ11 11 11
En-1 Uniform (n-1)-honeycomb 0[n] δn n n 1k22k1k21