Truncated 8-orthoplexes explained

In eight-dimensional geometry, a truncated 8-orthoplex is a convex uniform 8-polytope, being a truncation of the regular 8-orthoplex.

There are 7 truncation for the 8-orthoplex. Vertices of the truncation 8-orthoplex are located as pairs on the edge of the 8-orthoplex. Vertices of the bitruncated 8-orthoplex are located on the triangular faces of the 8-orthoplex. Vertices of the tritruncated 7-orthoplex are located inside the tetrahedral cells of the 8-orthoplex. The final truncations are best expressed relative to the 8-cube.

Truncated 8-orthoplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Truncated 8-orthoplex
Typeuniform 8-polytope
Schläfli symbolt0,1
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
6-faces
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges1456
Vertices224
Vertex figurev
Coxeter groupsB8, [3,3,3,3,3,3,4]
D8, [3<sup>5,1,1</sup>]
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Construction

There are two Coxeter groups associated with the truncated 8-orthoplex, one with the C8 or [4,3,3,3,3,3,3] Coxeter group, and a lower symmetry with the D8 or [3<sup>5,1,1</sup>] Coxeter group.

Coordinates

Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of a truncated 8-orthoplex, centered at the origin, are all 224 vertices are sign (4) and coordinate (56) permutations of

(±2,±1,0,0,0,0,0,0)

Images

Bitruncated 8-orthoplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Bitruncated 8-orthoplex
Typeuniform 8-polytope
Schläfli symbolt1,2
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
6-faces
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges
Vertices
Vertex figurev
Coxeter groupsB8, [3,3,3,3,3,3,4]
D8, [3<sup>5,1,1</sup>]
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of a bitruncated 8-orthoplex, centered at the origin, are all sign and coordinate permutations of

(±2,±2,±1,0,0,0,0,0)

Images

Tritruncated 8-orthoplex

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Tritruncated 8-orthoplex
Typeuniform 8-polytope
Schläfli symbolt2,3
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams
6-faces
5-faces
4-faces
Cells
Faces
Edges
Vertices
Vertex figurev
Coxeter groupsB8, [3,3,3,3,3,3,4]
D8, [3<sup>5,1,1</sup>]
Propertiesconvex

Alternate names

Coordinates

Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of a bitruncated 8-orthoplex, centered at the origin, are all sign and coordinate permutations of

(±2,±2,±2,±1,0,0,0,0)

Images

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Klitizing, (x3x3o3o3o3o3o4o - tek)
  2. Klitizing, (o3x3x3o3o3o3o4o - batek)
  3. Klitizing, (o3o3x3x3o3o3o4o - tatek)