Omnitruncated 8-simplex honeycomb

Omnitruncated 8-simplex honeycomb
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Type Uniform honeycomb
Family Omnitruncated simplectic honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {3[9]}
Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams
7-face types t01234567{3,3,3,3,3,3,3}
Vertex figure
Irr. 8-simplex
Symmetry ×18, [9[3[9]]]
Properties vertex-transitive

In eight-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the omnitruncated 8-simplex honeycomb is a space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). It is composed entirely of omnitruncated 8-simplex facets.

The facets of all omnitruncated simplectic honeycombs are called permutahedra and can be positioned in n+1 space with integral coordinates, permutations of the whole numbers (0,1,..,n).

A*
8
lattice
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The A*
8
lattice (also called A9
8
) is the union of nine A8 lattices, and has the vertex arrangement of the dual honeycomb to the omnitruncated 8-simplex honeycomb, and therefore the Voronoi cell of this lattice is an omnitruncated 8-simplex

                                                                                  = dual of          .

Related polytopes and honeycombs edit

This honeycomb is one of 45 unique uniform honeycombs[1] constructed by the   Coxeter group. The symmetry can be multiplied by the ring symmetry of the Coxeter diagrams:

A8 honeycombs
Enneagon
symmetry
Symmetry Extended
diagram
Extended
group
Honeycombs
a1 [3[9]]            

                                                                     

                                                                     

i2 [[3[9]]]            ×2

         1                               2

                                       

                                                           

                                                           

                             

                                       

         

i6 [3[3[9]]]            ×6                    
r18 [9[3[9]]]            ×18           3

See also edit

Regular and uniform honeycombs in 8-space:

Notes edit

  1. ^ * Weisstein, Eric W. "Necklace". MathWorld., OEIS sequence A000029 46-1 cases, skipping one with zero marks

References edit

  • Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
  • 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 [1]
    • (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10] (1.9 Uniform space-fillings)
    • (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45]
Space Family           /   /  
E2 Uniform tiling {3[3]} δ3 3 3 Hexagonal
E3 Uniform convex honeycomb {3[4]} δ4 4 4
E4 Uniform 4-honeycomb {3[5]} δ5 5 5 24-cell honeycomb
E5 Uniform 5-honeycomb {3[6]} δ6 6 6
E6 Uniform 6-honeycomb {3[7]} δ7 7 7 222
E7 Uniform 7-honeycomb {3[8]} δ8 8 8 133331
E8 Uniform 8-honeycomb {3[9]} δ9 9 9 152251521
E9 Uniform 9-honeycomb {3[10]} δ10 10 10
E10 Uniform 10-honeycomb {3[11]} δ11 11 11
En-1 Uniform (n-1)-honeycomb {3[n]} δn n n 1k22k1k21