In
geometry
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, a 6-
simplex
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is a
self-dual regular
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6-polytope. It has 7
vertices, 21
edge
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s, 35 triangle
faces, 35
tetrahedral
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cells
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, 21
5-cell
In geometry, the 5-cell is the convex 4-polytope with Schläfli symbol . It is a 5-vertex four-dimensional object bounded by five tetrahedral cells. It is also known as a C5, pentachoron, pentatope, pentahedroid, or tetrahedral pyramid. It is ...
4-faces, and 7
5-simplex
In five-dimensional geometry, a 5-simplex is a self-dual regular 5-polytope. It has six vertices, 15 edges, 20 triangle faces, 15 tetrahedral cells, and 6 5-cell facets. It has a dihedral angle of cos−1(), or approximately 78.46°.
The 5-s ...
5-faces. Its
dihedral angle
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is cos
−1(1/6), or approximately 80.41°.
Alternate names
It can also be called a heptapeton, or hepta-6-tope, as a 7-
facetted polytope in 6-dimensions. The
name ''heptapeton'' is derived from ''hepta'' for seven
facets in
Greek
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and
''-peta'' for having five-dimensional facets, and ''-on''. Jonathan Bowers gives a heptapeton the acronym hop.
As a configuration
This
configuration matrix represents the 6-simplex. The rows and columns correspond to vertices, edges, faces, cells, 4-faces and 5-faces. The diagonal numbers say how many of each element occur in the whole 6-simplex. The nondiagonal numbers say how many of the column's element occur in or at the row's element. This self-dual simplex's matrix is identical to its 180 degree rotation.
Coordinates
The
Cartesian coordinate
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s for an origin-centered regular heptapeton having edge length 2 are:
:
:
:
:
:
:
The vertices of the ''6-simplex'' can be more simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of:
: (0,0,0,0,0,0,1)
This construction is based on
facets of the
7-orthoplex.
Images
Related uniform 6-polytopes
The regular 6-simplex is one of 35
uniform 6-polytopes based on the
,3,3,3,3Coxeter group
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, all shown here in A
6 Coxeter plane
In mathematics, the Coxeter number ''h'' is the order of a Coxeter element of an irreducible Coxeter group. It is named after H.S.M. Coxeter.
Definitions
Note that this article assumes a finite Coxeter group. For infinite Coxeter groups, there a ...
orthographic projection
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s.
Notes
References
*
Coxeter, H.S.M.:
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*** (Paper 22)
*** (Paper 23)
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External links
*
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