In 7-dimensional

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, a 7-

simplex In geometry, a simplex (plural: simplexes or simplices) is a generalization of the notion of a triangle or tetrahedron to arbitrary dimensions. The simplex is so-named because it represents the simplest possible polytope in any given dimension. ...

is a self-dual regular

7-polytope In seven-dimensional geometry, a 7-polytope is a polytope contained by 6-polytope facets. Each 5-polytope ridge being shared by exactly two 6-polytope facets. A uniform 7-polytope is one whose symmetry group is transitive on vertices and whose f ...

. It has 8 vertices, 28

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s, 56 triangle

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, 70 tetrahedral cells, 56

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 i ...

5-faces, 28

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 ...

6-faces, and 8

6-simplex In geometry, a 6-simplex is a self-dual regular 6-polytope. It has 7 vertices, 21 edges, 35 triangle faces, 35 tetrahedral cells, 21 5-cell 4-faces, and 7 5-simplex 5-faces. Its dihedral angle is cos−1(1/6), or approximately 80.41°. Alter ...

7-faces. Its

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is cos⁻¹(1/7), or approximately 81.79°.

Alternate names

It can also be called an octaexon, or octa-7-tope, as an 8- facetted polytope in 7-dimensions. The

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''octaexon'' is derived from ''octa'' for eight

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and ''-ex'' for having six-dimensional facets, and ''-on''. Jonathan Bowers gives an octaexon the acronym oca.

As a configuration

This configuration matrix represents the 7-simplex. The rows and columns correspond to vertices, edges, faces, cells, 4-faces, 5-faces and 6-faces. The diagonal numbers say how many of each element occur in the whole 7-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.

\begin\begin8 & 7 & 21 & 35 & 35 & 21 & 7 \\ 2 & 28 & 6 & 15 & 20 & 15 & 6 \\ 3 & 3 & 56 & 5 & 10 & 10 & 5 \\ 4 & 6 & 4 & 70 & 4 & 6 & 4 \\ 5 & 10 & 10 & 5 & 56 & 3 & 3 \\ 6 & 15 & 20 & 15 & 6 & 28 & 2 \\ 7 & 21 & 35 & 35 & 21 & 7 & 8 \end\end

Coordinates

The

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s of the vertices of an origin-centered regular octaexon having edge length 2 are: :

\left(\sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \pm1\right)

\left(\sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ -2\sqrt,\ 0\right)

\left(\sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ -\sqrt,\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(\sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ -2\sqrt,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(\sqrt,\ \sqrt,\ -\sqrt,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(\sqrt,\ -\sqrt,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(-\sqrt,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

More simply, the vertices of the ''7-simplex'' can be positioned in 8-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1). This construction is based on

of the

8-orthoplex In geometry, an 8-orthoplex or 8-cross polytope is a regular 8-polytope with 16 vertices, 112 edges, 448 triangle faces, 1120 tetrahedron cells, 1792 5-cells ''4-faces'', 1792 ''5-faces'', 1024 ''6-faces'', and 256 ''7-faces''. It has two constr ...

Images

Orthographic projections

Related polytopes

This polytope is a facet in the uniform tessellation 3₃₁ with Coxeter-Dynkin diagram: : This polytope is one of 71

uniform 7-polytope In seven-dimensional geometry, a 7-polytope is a polytope contained by 6-polytope facets. Each 5-polytope ridge being shared by exactly two 6-polytope facets. A uniform 7-polytope is one whose symmetry group is transitive on vertices and whose ...

s with A₇ symmetry.

Notes

External links

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Polytopes of Various Dimensions

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