Truncated 7-simplexes

In seven-dimensional geometry, a truncated 7-simplex is a convex uniform 7-polytope, being a truncation of the regular 7-simplex.

7-simplex	Truncated 7-simplex
Bitruncated 7-simplex	Tritruncated 7-simplex
Orthogonal projections in A7 Coxeter plane

There are unique 3 degrees of truncation. Vertices of the truncation 7-simplex are located as pairs on the edge of the 7-simplex. Vertices of the bitruncated 7-simplex are located on the triangular faces of the 7-simplex. Vertices of the tritruncated 7-simplex are located inside the tetrahedral cells of the 7-simplex.

Truncated 7-simplex

Truncated 7-simplex
Type	uniform 7-polytope
Schläfli symbol	t{3,3,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
6-faces	16
5-faces
4-faces
Cells	350
Faces	336
Edges	196
Vertices	56
Vertex figure	( )v{3,3,3,3}
Coxeter groups	A7, [3,3,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex, Vertex-transitive

In seven-dimensional geometry, a truncated 7-simplex is a convex uniform 7-polytope, being a truncation of the regular 7-simplex.

Alternate names

• Truncated octaexon (Acronym: toc) (Jonathan Bowers)^[1]

Coordinates

The vertices of the truncated 7-simplex can be most simply positioned in 8-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2). This construction is based on facets of the truncated 8-orthoplex.

Images

orthographic projections

Ak Coxeter plane	A7	A6	A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[8]	[7]	[6]
Ak Coxeter plane	A4	A3	A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[5]	[4]	[3]

Bitruncated 7-simplex

Bitruncated 7-simplex
Type	uniform 7-polytope
Schläfli symbol	2t{3,3,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
6-faces
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	588
Vertices	168
Vertex figure	{ }v{3,3,3}
Coxeter groups	A7, [3,3,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex, Vertex-transitive

Alternate names

• Bitruncated octaexon (acronym: bittoc) (Jonathan Bowers)^[2]

Coordinates

The vertices of the bitruncated 7-simplex can be most simply positioned in 8-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2). This construction is based on facets of the bitruncated 8-orthoplex.

Images

orthographic projections

Ak Coxeter plane	A7	A6	A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[8]	[7]	[6]
Ak Coxeter plane	A4	A3	A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[5]	[4]	[3]

Tritruncated 7-simplex

Tritruncated 7-simplex
Type	uniform 7-polytope
Schläfli symbol	3t{3,3,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
6-faces
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges	980
Vertices	280
Vertex figure	{3}v{3,3}
Coxeter groups	A7, [3,3,3,3,3,3]
Properties	convex, Vertex-transitive

Alternate names

• Tritruncated octaexon (acronym: tattoc) (Jonathan Bowers)^[3]

Coordinates

The vertices of the tritruncated 7-simplex can be most simply positioned in 8-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2). This construction is based on facets of the tritruncated 8-orthoplex.

Images

orthographic projections

Ak Coxeter plane	A7	A6	A5
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[8]	[7]	[6]
Ak Coxeter plane	A4	A3	A2
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[5]	[4]	[3]

Related polytopes

These three polytopes are from a set of 71 uniform 7-polytopes with A₇ symmetry.

A7 polytopes
t0	t1	t2	t3	t0,1	t0,2	t1,2	t0,3
t1,3	t2,3	t0,4	t1,4	t2,4	t0,5	t1,5	t0,6
t0,1,2	t0,1,3	t0,2,3	t1,2,3	t0,1,4	t0,2,4	t1,2,4	t0,3,4
t1,3,4	t2,3,4	t0,1,5	t0,2,5	t1,2,5	t0,3,5	t1,3,5	t0,4,5
t0,1,6	t0,2,6	t0,3,6	t0,1,2,3	t0,1,2,4	t0,1,3,4	t0,2,3,4	t1,2,3,4
t0,1,2,5	t0,1,3,5	t0,2,3,5	t1,2,3,5	t0,1,4,5	t0,2,4,5	t1,2,4,5	t0,3,4,5
t0,1,2,6	t0,1,3,6	t0,2,3,6	t0,1,4,6	t0,2,4,6	t0,1,5,6	t0,1,2,3,4	t0,1,2,3,5
t0,1,2,4,5	t0,1,3,4,5	t0,2,3,4,5	t1,2,3,4,5	t0,1,2,3,6	t0,1,2,4,6	t0,1,3,4,6	t0,2,3,4,6
t0,1,2,5,6	t0,1,3,5,6	t0,1,2,3,4,5	t0,1,2,3,4,6	t0,1,2,3,5,6	t0,1,2,4,5,6	t0,1,2,3,4,5,6

See also

• List of A7 polytopes