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In 7-dimensional
geometry Geometry (; ) is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is c ...
, there are 95 uniform polytopes with D7 symmetry; 32 are unique, and 63 are shared with the B7 symmetry. There are two regular forms, the
7-orthoplex In geometry, a 7-orthoplex, or 7-cross polytope, is a regular 7-polytope with 14 Vertex (geometry), vertices, 84 Edge (geometry), edges, 280 triangle Face (geometry), faces, 560 tetrahedron Cell (mathematics), cells, 672 5-cells ''4-faces'', 448 ...
, and
7-demicube In geometry, a demihepteract or 7-demicube is a uniform 7-polytope, constructed from the 7-hypercube (hepteract) with alternated vertices removed. It is part of a dimensionally infinite family of uniform polytopes called demihypercubes. E. L. Elt ...
with 14 and 64 vertices respectively. They can be visualized as symmetric
orthographic projection Orthographic projection (also orthogonal projection and analemma) is a means of representing Three-dimensional space, three-dimensional objects in Two-dimensional space, two dimensions. Orthographic projection is a form of parallel projection in ...
s in
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 ...
s of the D6 Coxeter group, and other subgroups. __TOC__


Graphs

Symmetric
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s of these 32 polytopes can be made in the D7, D6, D5, D4, D3, A5, A3,
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 ...
s. Ak has '' +1' symmetry, Dk has '' (k-1)' symmetry. B7 is also included although only half of its 4symmetry exists in these polytopes. These 32 polytopes are each shown in these 8 symmetry planes, with vertices and edges drawn, and vertices colored by the number of overlapping vertices in each projective position.


References

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H.S.M. Coxeter Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter, (9 February 1907 – 31 March 2003) was a British and later also Canadian geometer. He is regarded as one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century. Biography Coxeter was born in Kensington t ...
: ** 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, Wiley::Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter
/ref> ** (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, ''Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I'', ath. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10** (Paper 23) H.S.M. Coxeter, ''Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes II'', ath. Zeit. 188 (1985) 559-591** (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, ''Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III'', ath. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45* N.W. Johnson: ''The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs'', Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1966 *


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