In nine-dimensional

geometry Geometry (; ) is a branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. Geometry is, along with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. A mathematician w ...

, a rectified 9-simplex is a convex uniform 9-polytope, being a rectification of the regular

9-simplex In geometry, a 9- simplex is a self-dual regular 9-polytope. It has 10 vertices, 45 edges, 120 triangle faces, 210 tetrahedral cells, 252 5-cell 4-faces, 210 5-simplex 5-faces, 120 6-simplex 6-faces, 45 7-simplex 7-faces, and 10 8-simple ...

. These polytopes are part of a family of 271 uniform 9-polytopes with A₉ symmetry. There are unique 4 degrees of rectifications. Vertices of the rectified 9-simplex are located at the edge-centers of the 9-simplex. Vertices of the birectified 9-simplex are located in the triangular face centers of the 9-simplex. Vertices of the trirectified 9-simplex are located in the

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cell centers of the 9-simplex. Vertices of the quadrirectified 9-simplex are located in the

5-cell In geometry, the 5-cell is the convex 4-polytope with Schläfli symbol . It is a 5-vertex four-dimensional space, four-dimensional object bounded by five tetrahedral cells. It is also known as a C5, hypertetrahedron, pentachoron, pentatope, pe ...

centers of the 9-simplex.

Rectified 9-simplex

The rectified 9-simplex is the

vertex figure In geometry, a vertex figure, broadly speaking, is the figure exposed when a corner of a general -polytope is sliced off. Definitions Take some corner or Vertex (geometry), vertex of a polyhedron. Mark a point somewhere along each connected ed ...

of the 10-demicube.

Alternate names

* Rectified decayotton (reday) (Jonathan Bowers)

Coordinates

The

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s of the vertices of the ''rectified 9-simplex'' can be most simply positioned in 10-space as

permutation In mathematics, a permutation of a set can mean one of two different things: * an arrangement of its members in a sequence or linear order, or * the act or process of changing the linear order of an ordered set. An example of the first mean ...

s of (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the rectified 10-orthoplex.

Images

Birectified 9-simplex

This polytope is the

for the 1₆₂ honeycomb. Its 120 vertices represent the

kissing number In geometry, the kissing number of a mathematical space is defined as the greatest number of non-overlapping unit spheres that can be arranged in that space such that they each touch a common unit sphere. For a given sphere packing (arrangement o ...

of the related hyperbolic 9-dimensional

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Alternate names

* Birectified decayotton (breday) (Jonathan Bowers)

Coordinates

The

s of the vertices of the ''birectified 9-simplex'' can be most simply positioned in 10-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the birectified 10-orthoplex.

Images

Trirectified 9-simplex

Alternate names

* Trirectified decayotton (treday) (Jonathan Bowers)

Coordinates

The

s of the vertices of the ''trirectified 9-simplex'' can be most simply positioned in 10-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the trirectified 10-orthoplex.

Images

Quadrirectified 9-simplex

Alternate names

* Quadrirectified decayotton * Icosayotton (icoy) (Jonathan Bowers)Klitzing, (o3o3o3o3x3o3o3o3o - icoy)

Coordinates

The

s of the vertices of the ''quadrirectified 9-simplex'' can be most simply positioned in 10-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1). This construction is based on facets of the quadrirectified 10-orthoplex.

Images

Notes

References

* H.S.M. Coxeter: ** 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,

*** (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* Norman Johnson ''Uniform Polytopes'', Manuscript (1991) ** N.W. Johnson: ''The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs'', Ph.D. (1966) * o3x3o3o3o3o3o3o3o - reday, o3o3x3o3o3o3o3o3o - breday, o3o3o3x3o3o3o3o3o - treday, o3o3o3o3x3o3o3o3o - icoy

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Polytopes of Various Dimensions

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