1 33 honeycomb

In 7-dimensional geometry, 1₃₃ is a uniform honeycomb, also given by Schläfli symbol {3,3^3,3}, and is composed of 1₃₂ facets.

133 honeycomb
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Type	Uniform tessellation
Schläfli symbol	{3,33,3}
Coxeter symbol	133
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram	or
7-face type	132
6-face types	122 131
5-face types	121 {34}
4-face type	111 {33}
Cell type	101
Face type	{3}
Cell figure	Square
Face figure	Triangular duoprism
Edge figure	Tetrahedral duoprism
Vertex figure	Trirectified 7-simplex
Coxeter group	${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$, [[3,33,3]]
Properties	vertex-transitive, facet-transitive

Construction

It is created by a Wythoff construction upon a set of 8 hyperplane mirrors in 7-dimensional space.

The facet information can be extracted from its Coxeter-Dynkin diagram.

Removing a node on the end of one of the 3-length branch leaves the 1₃₂, its only facet type.

The vertex figure is determined by removing the ringed node and ringing the neighboring node. This makes the trirectified 7-simplex, 0₃₃.

The edge figure is determined by removing the ringed nodes of the vertex figure and ringing the neighboring node. This makes the tetrahedral duoprism, {3,3}×{3,3}.

Kissing number

Each vertex of this polytope corresponds to the center of a 6-sphere in a moderately dense sphere packing, in which each sphere is tangent to 70 others; the best known for 7 dimensions (the kissing number) is 126.

Geometric folding

The ${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$ group is related to the ${\displaystyle {\tilde {F}}_{4}}$ by a geometric folding, so this honeycomb can be projected into the 4-dimensional demitesseractic honeycomb.

${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$	${\displaystyle {\tilde {F}}_{4}}$
{3,33,3}	{3,3,4,3}

E7* lattice

${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$ contains ${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{7}}$ as a subgroup of index 144.^[1] Both ${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$ and ${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{7}}$ can be seen as affine extension from ${\displaystyle A_{7}}$ from different nodes:

The E₇^* lattice (also called E₇²)^[2] has double the symmetry, represented by [[3,3^3,3]]. The Voronoi cell of the E₇^* lattice is the 1₃₂ polytope, and voronoi tessellation the 1₃₃ honeycomb.^[3] The E₇^* lattice is constructed by 2 copies of the E₇ lattice vertices, one from each long branch of the Coxeter diagram, and can be constructed as the union of four A₇^* lattices, also called A₇⁴:

∪ = ∪ ∪ ∪ = dual of .

Related polytopes and honeycombs

The 1₃₃ is fourth in a dimensional series of uniform polytopes and honeycombs, expressed by Coxeter as 1_3k series. The final is a noncompact hyperbolic honeycomb, 1₃₄.

1_3k dimensional figures

Space	Finite				Euclidean	Hyperbolic
n	4	5	6	7	8	9
Coxeter group	A3A1	A5	D6	E7	${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$=E7+	${\displaystyle {\bar {T}}_{8}}$=E7++
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry	[3−1,3,1]	[30,3,1]	[31,3,1]	[32,3,1]	[[33,3,1]]	[34,3,1]
Order	48	720	23,040	2,903,040	∞
Graph					-	-
Name	13,-1	130	131	132	133	134

Rectified 1₃₃ honeycomb

Rectified 133 honeycomb
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Type	Uniform tessellation
Schläfli symbol	{33,3,1}
Coxeter symbol	0331
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram	or
7-face type	Trirectified 7-simplex Rectified 1_32
6-face types	Birectified 6-simplex Birectified 6-cube Rectified 1_22
5-face types	Rectified 5-simplex Birectified 5-simplex Birectified 5-orthoplex
4-face type	5-cell Rectified 5-cell 24-cell
Cell type	{3,3} {3,4}
Face type	{3}
Vertex figure	{}×{3,3}×{3,3}
Coxeter group	${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$, [[3,33,3]]
Properties	vertex-transitive, facet-transitive

The rectified 1₃₃ or 0₃₃₁, Coxeter diagram has facets and , and vertex figure .

See also

• 8-polytope
• 3₃₁ honeycomb