Runcinated 6-simplexes explained

In six-dimensional geometry, a runcinated 6-simplex is a convex uniform 6-polytope constructed as a runcination (3rd order truncations) of the regular 6-simplex.

There are 8 unique runcinations of the 6-simplex with permutations of truncations, and cantellations.

Runcinated 6-simplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Runcinated 6-simplex
Typeuniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbolt0,3
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces70
4-faces455
Cells1330
Faces1610
Edges840
Vertices140
Vertex figure
Coxeter groupA6, [3<sup>5</sup>], order 5040
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

The vertices of the runcinated 6-simplex can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,0,1,1,1,2). This construction is based on facets of the runcinated 7-orthoplex.

Images

Biruncinated 6-simplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2biruncinated 6-simplex
Typeuniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbolt1,4
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces84
4-faces714
Cells2100
Faces2520
Edges1260
Vertices210
Vertex figure
Coxeter groupA6, [[35]], order 10080
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

The vertices of the biruncinated 6-simplex can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,1,1,1,2,2). This construction is based on facets of the biruncinated 7-orthoplex.

Images

Runcitruncated 6-simplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Runcitruncated 6-simplex
Typeuniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbolt0,1,3
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces70
4-faces560
Cells1820
Faces2800
Edges1890
Vertices420
Vertex figure
Coxeter groupA6, [3<sup>5</sup>], order 5040
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

The vertices of the runcitruncated 6-simplex can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,0,1,1,2,3). This construction is based on facets of the runcitruncated 7-orthoplex.

Images

Biruncitruncated 6-simplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2biruncitruncated 6-simplex
Typeuniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbolt1,2,4
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces84
4-faces714
Cells2310
Faces3570
Edges2520
Vertices630
Vertex figure
Coxeter groupA6, [3<sup>5</sup>], order 5040
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

The vertices of the biruncitruncated 6-simplex can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,1,1,2,3,3). This construction is based on facets of the biruncitruncated 7-orthoplex.

Images

Runcicantellated 6-simplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Runcicantellated 6-simplex
Typeuniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbolt0,2,3
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces70
4-faces455
Cells1295
Faces1960
Edges1470
Vertices420
Vertex figure
Coxeter groupA6, [3<sup>5</sup>], order 5040
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

The vertices of the runcicantellated 6-simplex can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,0,1,2,2,3). This construction is based on facets of the runcicantellated 7-orthoplex.

Images

Runcicantitruncated 6-simplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Runcicantitruncated 6-simplex
Typeuniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbolt0,1,2,3
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces70
4-faces560
Cells1820
Faces3010
Edges2520
Vertices840
Vertex figure
Coxeter groupA6, [3<sup>5</sup>], order 5040
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

The vertices of the runcicantitruncated 6-simplex can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,0,1,2,3,4). This construction is based on facets of the runcicantitruncated 7-orthoplex.

Images

Biruncicantitruncated 6-simplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2biruncicantitruncated 6-simplex
Typeuniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbolt1,2,3,4
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
5-faces84
4-faces714
Cells2520
Faces4410
Edges3780
Vertices1260
Vertex figure
Coxeter groupA6, [[35]], order 10080
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

The vertices of the biruncicantittruncated 6-simplex can be most simply positioned in 7-space as permutations of (0,0,1,2,3,4,4). This construction is based on facets of the biruncicantitruncated 7-orthoplex.

Images

Related uniform 6-polytopes

The truncated 6-simplex is one of 35 uniform 6-polytopes based on the [3,3,3,3,3] Coxeter group, all shown here in A6 Coxeter plane orthographic projections.

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Notes and References

  1. Klitzing, (x3o3o3x3o3o - spil)
  2. Klitzing, (o3x3o3o3x3o - sibpof)
  3. Klitzing, (x3x3o3x3o3o - patal)
  4. Klitzing, (o3x3x3o3x3o - bapril)
  5. Klitzing, (x3o3x3x3o3o - pril)
  6. Klitzing, (x3x3x3x3o3o - gapil)
  7. Klitzing, (o3x3x3x3x3o - gibpof)