|  8-simplex                |  Truncated 8-simplex                |  Rectified 8-simplex                | 
|  Quadritruncated 8-simplex                |  Tritruncated 8-simplex                |  Bitruncated 8-simplex                | 
| Orthogonal projections in A8 Coxeter plane | ||
|---|---|---|
In eight-dimensional geometry, a truncated 8-simplex is a convex uniform 8-polytope, being a truncation of the regular 8-simplex.
There are four unique degrees of truncation. Vertices of the truncation 8-simplex are located as pairs on the edge of the 8-simplex. Vertices of the bitruncated 8-simplex are located on the triangular faces of the 8-simplex. Vertices of the tritruncated 8-simplex are located inside the tetrahedral cells of the 8-simplex.
Truncated 8-simplex
| Truncated 8-simplex | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 8-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | t{37} | 
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams |                | 
| 7-faces | |
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 288 | 
| Vertices | 72 | 
| Vertex figure | ( )v{3,3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter group | A8, [37], order 362880 | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
- Truncated enneazetton (Acronym: tene) (Jonathan Bowers)[1]
Coordinates
The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of the truncated 8-simplex can be most simply positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2). This construction is based on facets of the truncated 9-orthoplex.
Images
| Ak Coxeter plane | A8 | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [9] | [8] | [7] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | |
| Graph |  |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [5] | [4] | [3] | 
Bitruncated 8-simplex
| Bitruncated 8-simplex | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 8-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | 2t{37} | 
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams |                | 
| 7-faces | |
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 1008 | 
| Vertices | 252 | 
| Vertex figure | { }v{3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter group | A8, [37], order 362880 | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
- Bitruncated enneazetton (Acronym: batene) (Jonathan Bowers)[2]
Coordinates
The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of the bitruncated 8-simplex can be most simply positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2). This construction is based on facets of the bitruncated 9-orthoplex.
Images
| Ak Coxeter plane | A8 | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [9] | [8] | [7] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | |
| Graph |  |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [5] | [4] | [3] | 
Tritruncated 8-simplex
| tritruncated 8-simplex | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 8-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | 3t{37} | 
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams |                | 
| 7-faces | |
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 2016 | 
| Vertices | 504 | 
| Vertex figure | {3}v{3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter group | A8, [37], order 362880 | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
- Tritruncated enneazetton (Acronym: tatene) (Jonathan Bowers)[3]
Coordinates
The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of the tritruncated 8-simplex can be most simply positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2). This construction is based on facets of the tritruncated 9-orthoplex.
Images
| Ak Coxeter plane | A8 | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [9] | [8] | [7] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | |
| Graph |  |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [5] | [4] | [3] | 
Quadritruncated 8-simplex
| Quadritruncated 8-simplex | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 8-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | 4t{37} | 
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams |                or        | 
| 6-faces | 18 3t{3,3,3,3,3,3} | 
| 7-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 2520 | 
| Vertices | 630 | 
| Vertex figure |  {3,3}v{3,3} | 
| Coxeter group | A8, [[37]], order 725760 | 
| Properties | convex, isotopic | 
The quadritruncated 8-simplex an isotopic polytope, constructed from 18 tritruncated 7-simplex facets.
Alternate names
- Octadecazetton (18-facetted 8-polytope) (Acronym: be) (Jonathan Bowers)[4]
Coordinates
The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of the quadritruncated 8-simplex can be most simply positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2,2). This construction is based on facets of the quadritruncated 9-orthoplex.
Images
| Ak Coxeter plane | A8 | A7 | A6 | A5 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [[9]] = [18] | [8] | [[7]] = [14] | [6] | 
| Ak Coxeter plane | A4 | A3 | A2 | |
| Graph |  |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [[5]] = [10] | [4] | [[3]] = [6] | 
Related polytopes
| Dim. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name Coxeter | Hexagon  =    t{3} = {6} | Octahedron    =      r{3,3} = {31,1} = {3,4} | Decachoron    2t{33} | Dodecateron      2r{34} = {32,2} | Tetradecapeton      3t{35} | Hexadecaexon        3r{36} = {33,3} | Octadecazetton        4t{37} | 
| Images |  |   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Vertex figure | ( )∨( ) |  { }×{ } |  { }∨{ } |  {3}×{3} |  {3}∨{3} | {3,3}×{3,3} |  {3,3}∨{3,3} | 
| Facets | {3}  | t{3,3}  | r{3,3,3}  | 2t{3,3,3,3}  | 2r{3,3,3,3,3}  | 3t{3,3,3,3,3,3}  | |
| As intersecting dual simplexes |   ∩  |     ∩    |     ∩    |        ∩      |      ∩      |        ∩        |        ∩        | 
Related polytopes
This polytope is one of 135 uniform 8-polytopes with A8 symmetry.
| A8 polytopes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  t0 |  t1 |  t2 |  t3 |  t01 |  t02 |  t12 |  t03 |  t13 |  t23 |  t04 |  t14 |  t24 |  t34 |  t05 | 
|  t15 |  t25 |  t06 |  t16 |  t07 |  t012 |  t013 |  t023 |  t123 |  t014 |  t024 |  t124 |  t034 |  t134 |  t234 | 
|  t015 |  t025 |  t125 |  t035 |  t135 |  t235 |  t045 |  t145 |  t016 |  t026 |  t126 |  t036 |  t136 |  t046 |  t056 | 
|  t017 |  t027 |  t037 |  t0123 |  t0124 |  t0134 |  t0234 |  t1234 |  t0125 |  t0135 |  t0235 |  t1235 |  t0145 |  t0245 |  t1245 | 
|  t0345 |  t1345 |  t2345 |  t0126 |  t0136 |  t0236 |  t1236 |  t0146 |  t0246 |  t1246 |  t0346 |  t1346 |  t0156 |  t0256 |  t1256 | 
|  t0356 |  t0456 |  t0127 |  t0137 |  t0237 |  t0147 |  t0247 |  t0347 |  t0157 |  t0257 |  t0167 |  t01234 |  t01235 |  t01245 |  t01345 | 
|  t02345 |  t12345 |  t01236 |  t01246 |  t01346 |  t02346 |  t12346 |  t01256 |  t01356 |  t02356 |  t12356 |  t01456 |  t02456 |  t03456 |  t01237 | 
|  t01247 |  t01347 |  t02347 |  t01257 |  t01357 |  t02357 |  t01457 |  t01267 |  t01367 |  t012345 |  t012346 |  t012356 |  t012456 |  t013456 |  t023456 | 
|  t123456 |  t012347 |  t012357 |  t012457 |  t013457 |  t023457 |  t012367 |  t012467 |  t013467 |  t012567 |  t0123456 |  t0123457 |  t0123467 |  t0123567 |  t01234567 | 
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, ISBN 978-0-471-01003-6 
- (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10]
- (Paper 23) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes II, [Math. Zeit. 188 (1985) 559-591]
- (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45]
 
 
- Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
- N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D.
 
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