7-orthoplex

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Regular 7-orthoplex
Heptacross
7-orthoplex.svg
Orthogonal projection
inside Petrie polygon
TypeRegular 7-polytope
Family orthoplex
Schläfli symbol {35,4}
{3,3,3,3,31,1}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams CDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes.png
6-faces128 {35} 6-simplex t0.svg
5-faces448 {34} 5-simplex t0.svg
4-faces672 {33} 4-simplex t0.svg
Cells560 {3,3} 3-simplex t0.svg
Faces280 {3} 2-simplex t0.svg
Edges84
Vertices14
Vertex figure 6-orthoplex
Petrie polygon tetradecagon
Coxeter groups C7, [3,3,3,3,3,4]
D7, [34,1,1]
Dual 7-cube
Properties convex, Hanner polytope

In geometry, a 7-orthoplex, or 7-cross polytope, is a regular 7-polytope with 14 vertices, 84 edges, 280 triangle faces, 560 tetrahedron cells, 672 5-cell 4-faces, 448 5-faces, and 128 6-faces.

Contents

It has two constructed forms, the first being regular with Schläfli symbol {35,4}, and the second with alternately labeled (checkerboarded) facets, with Schläfli symbol {3,3,3,3,31,1} or Coxeter symbol 411.

It is a part of an infinite family of polytopes, called cross-polytopes or orthoplexes. The dual polytope is the 7-hypercube, or hepteract.

Alternate names

As a configuration

This configuration matrix represents the 7-orthoplex. 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-orthoplex. The nondiagonal numbers say how many of the column's element occur in or at the row's element. [2] [3]

Images

orthographic projections
Coxeter plane B7 / A6B6 / D7B5 / D6 / A4
Graph 7-cube t6.svg 7-cube t6 B6.svg 7-cube t6 B5.svg
Dihedral symmetry [14][12][10]
Coxeter planeB4 / D5B3 / D4 / A2B2 / D3
Graph 7-cube t6 B4.svg 7-cube t6 B3.svg 7-cube t6 B2.svg
Dihedral symmetry[8][6][4]
Coxeter planeA5A3
Graph 7-cube t6 A5.svg 7-cube t6 A3.svg
Dihedral symmetry[6][4]

Construction

There are two Coxeter groups associated with the 7-orthoplex, one regular, dual of the hepteract with the C7 or [4,3,3,3,3,3] symmetry group, and a half symmetry with two copies of 6-simplex facets, alternating, with the D7 or [34,1,1] symmetry group. A lowest symmetry construction is based on a dual of a 7-orthotope, called a 7-fusil.

Name Coxeter diagram Schläfli symbol Symmetry Order Vertex figure
regular 7-orthoplexCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png{3,3,3,3,3,4}[3,3,3,3,3,4]645120CDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
Quasiregular 7-orthoplexCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes.png{3,3,3,3,31,1}[3,3,3,3,31,1]322560CDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel split1.pngCDel nodes.png
7-fusilCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.png7{}[26]128CDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.png

Cartesian coordinates

Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of a 7-orthoplex, centered at the origin are

(±1,0,0,0,0,0,0), (0,±1,0,0,0,0,0), (0,0,±1,0,0,0,0), (0,0,0,±1,0,0,0), (0,0,0,0,±1,0,0), (0,0,0,0,0,±1,0), (0,0,0,0,0,0,±1)

Every vertex pair is connected by an edge, except opposites.

See also

References

  1. Klitzing, (x3o3o3o3o3o4o - zee).
  2. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, sec 1.8 Configurations
  3. Coxeter, Complex Regular Polytopes, p.117
Family An Bn I2(p) / Dn E6 / E7 / E8 / F4 / G2 Hn
Regular polygon Triangle Square p-gon Hexagon Pentagon
Uniform polyhedron Tetrahedron OctahedronCube Demicube DodecahedronIcosahedron
Uniform polychoron Pentachoron 16-cellTesseract Demitesseract 24-cell 120-cell600-cell
Uniform 5-polytope 5-simplex 5-orthoplex5-cube 5-demicube
Uniform 6-polytope 6-simplex 6-orthoplex6-cube 6-demicube 122221
Uniform 7-polytope 7-simplex 7-orthoplex7-cube 7-demicube 132231321
Uniform 8-polytope 8-simplex 8-orthoplex8-cube 8-demicube 142241421
Uniform 9-polytope 9-simplex 9-orthoplex9-cube 9-demicube
Uniform 10-polytope 10-simplex 10-orthoplex10-cube 10-demicube
Uniform n-polytope n-simplex n-orthoplexn-cube n-demicube 1k22k1k21 n-pentagonal polytope
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