7-simplex honeycomb

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	${\tilde {A}}_{7}$×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

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 ${\tilde {A}}_{7}$ Coxeter group. 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.

${\tilde {E}}_{7}$ contains ${\tilde {A}}_{7}$ as a subgroup of index 144. Both ${\tilde {E}}_{7}$ and ${\tilde {A}}_{7}$ can be seen as affine extensions from $A_{7}$ 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 .

Related polytopes and honeycombs

This honeycomb is one of 29 unique uniform honeycombs constructed by the ${\tilde {A}}_{7}$ 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]]		${\tilde {A}}_{7}$
d2	<[3[8]]>		${\tilde {A}}_{7}$×21	1
p2	[[3[8]]]		${\tilde {A}}_{7}$×22	2
d4	<2[3[8]]>		${\tilde {A}}_{7}$×41
p4	[2[3[8]]]		${\tilde {A}}_{7}$×42
d8	[4[3[8]]]		${\tilde {A}}_{7}$×8
r16	[8[3[8]]]		${\tilde {A}}_{7}$×16	3

Projection by folding

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:

${\tilde {A}}_{7}$
${\tilde {C}}_{4}$

See also

Regular and uniform honeycombs in 7-space:

• 7-cubic honeycomb
• 7-demicubic honeycomb
• Truncated 7-simplex honeycomb
• Omnitruncated 7-simplex honeycomb
• E7 honeycomb

References

• 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]

Fundamental convex regular and uniform honeycombs in dimensions 2–9
Space	Family	${\tilde {A}}_{n-1}$	${\tilde {C}}_{n-1}$	${\tilde {B}}_{n-1}$	${\tilde {D}}_{n-1}$	${\tilde {G}}_{2}$ / ${\tilde {F}}_{4}$ / ${\tilde {E}}_{n-1}$
E2	Uniform tiling	0[3]	δ3	hδ3	qδ3	Hexagonal
E3	Uniform convex honeycomb	0[4]	δ4	hδ4	qδ4
E4	Uniform 4-honeycomb	0[5]	δ5	hδ5	qδ5	24-cell honeycomb
E5	Uniform 5-honeycomb	0[6]	δ6	hδ6	qδ6
E6	Uniform 6-honeycomb	0[7]	δ7	hδ7	qδ7	222
E7	Uniform 7-honeycomb	0[8]	δ8	hδ8	qδ8	133 • 331
E8	Uniform 8-honeycomb	0[9]	δ9	hδ9	qδ9	152 • 251 • 521
E9	Uniform 9-honeycomb	0[10]	δ10	hδ10	qδ10
E10	Uniform 10-honeycomb	0[11]	δ11	hδ11	qδ11
En−1	Uniform (n−1)-honeycomb	0[n]	δn	hδn	qδn	1k2 • 2k1 • k21