In
7-dimensional geometry
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, a 7-
simplex is a self-dual
regular 7-polytope. It has 8
vertices, 28
edges, 56 triangle
faces, 70 tetrahedral
cells, 56
5-cell 5-faces, 28
5-simplex 6-faces, and 8
6-simplex 7-faces. Its
dihedral angle 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
name
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''octaexon'' is derived from ''octa'' for eight
facets in
Greek 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.
Symmetry
There are many lower symmetry constructions of the 7-simplex.
Some are expressed as join partitions of two or more lower simplexes. The symmetry order of each join is the product of the symmetry order of the elements, and raised further if identical elements can be interchanged.
Coordinates
The
Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of an origin-centered regular octaexon having edge length 2 are:
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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
facets of the
8-orthoplex.
Images
Orthographic projections
Related polytopes
This polytope is a facet in the uniform tessellation
331 with
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram:
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This polytope is one of 71
uniform 7-polytopes with A
7 symmetry.
Notes
External links
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Polytopes of Various Dimensions
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7-polytopes