8-simplex

Regular enneazetton (8-simplex)
Orthogonal projection inside Petrie polygon
Type	Regular 8-polytope
Family	simplex
Schläfli symbol	{3,3,3,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram
7-faces	9 7-simplex
6-faces	36 6-simplex
5-faces	84 5-simplex
4-faces	126 5-cell
Cells	126 tetrahedron
Faces	84 triangle
Edges	36
Vertices	9
Vertex figure	7-simplex
Petrie polygon	enneagon
Coxeter group	A₈ [3,3,3,3,3,3,3]
Dual	Self-dual
Properties	convex

In geometry, an 8-simplex is a self-dual regular 8-polytope. It has 9 vertices, 36 edges, 84 triangle faces, 126 tetrahedral cells, 126 5-cell 4-faces, 84 5-simplex 5-faces, 36 6-simplex 6-faces, and 9 7-simplex 7-faces. Its dihedral angle is cos⁻¹(1/8), or approximately 82.82°.

It can also be called an enneazetton, or ennea-8-tope, as a 9-facetted polytope in eight-dimensions. The name enneazetton is derived from ennea for nine facets in Greek and -zetta for having seven-dimensional facets, and -on.

As a configuration

The elements of the regular polytopes can be expressed in a configuration matrix. Rows and columns reference vertices, edges, faces, and cells, etc, with diagonal element their counts (f-vectors). The nondiagonal elements represent the number of row elements are incident to the column element. The configurations for dual polytopes can be seen by rotating the matrix elements by 180 degrees.^[1]^[2]

${\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{matrix}9&8&28&56&70&56&28&8\\2&36&7&21&35&35&21&7\\3&3&84&6&15&20&15&6\\4&6&4&126&5&10&10&5\\5&10&10&5&126&4&6&4\\6&15&20&15&6&84&3&3\\7&21&35&35&21&7&36&2\\8&28&56&70&56&28&8&9\end{matrix}}\end{bmatrix}}$

Coordinates

The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of an origin-centered regular enneazetton having edge length 2 are:

\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ {\sqrt {1/15}},\ {\sqrt {1/10}},\ {\sqrt {1/6}},\ {\sqrt {1/3}},\ \pm 1\right)

\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ {\sqrt {1/15}},\ {\sqrt {1/10}},\ {\sqrt {1/6}},\ -2{\sqrt {1/3}},\ 0\right)

\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ {\sqrt {1/15}},\ {\sqrt {1/10}},\ -{\sqrt {3/2}},\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ {\sqrt {1/15}},\ -2{\sqrt {2/5}},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ -{\sqrt {5/3}},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ -{\sqrt {12/7}},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(1/6,\ -{\sqrt {7/4}},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

\left(-4/3,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)

More simply, the vertices of the 8-simplex can be positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1). This construction is based on facets of the 9-orthoplex.

Images

orthographic projections
A_k Coxeter plane	A₈	A₇	A₆	A₅
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[9]	[8]	[7]	[6]
A_k Coxeter plane	A₄	A₃	A₂
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[5]	[4]	[3]

Related polytopes and honeycombs

This polytope is a facet in the uniform tessellations: 2₅₁, and 5₂₁ with respective Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams:

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This polytope is one of 135 uniform 8-polytopes with A₈ symmetry.

A8 polytopes
t₀	t₁	t₂	t₃	t₀₁	t₀₂	t₁₂	t₀₃	t₁₃	t₂₃	t₀₄	t₁₄	t₂₄	t₃₄	t₀₅
t₁₅	t₂₅	t₀₆	t₁₆	t₀₇	t₀₁₂	t₀₁₃	t₀₂₃	t₁₂₃	t₀₁₄	t₀₂₄	t₁₂₄	t₀₃₄	t₁₃₄	t₂₃₄
t₀₁₅	t₀₂₅	t₁₂₅	t₀₃₅	t₁₃₅	t₂₃₅	t₀₄₅	t₁₄₅	t₀₁₆	t₀₂₆	t₁₂₆	t₀₃₆	t₁₃₆	t₀₄₆	t₀₅₆
t₀₁₇	t₀₂₇	t₀₃₇	t₀₁₂₃	t₀₁₂₄	t₀₁₃₄	t₀₂₃₄	t₁₂₃₄	t₀₁₂₅	t₀₁₃₅	t₀₂₃₅	t₁₂₃₅	t₀₁₄₅	t₀₂₄₅	t₁₂₄₅
t₀₃₄₅	t₁₃₄₅	t₂₃₄₅	t₀₁₂₆	t₀₁₃₆	t₀₂₃₆	t₁₂₃₆	t₀₁₄₆	t₀₂₄₆	t₁₂₄₆	t₀₃₄₆	t₁₃₄₆	t₀₁₅₆	t₀₂₅₆	t₁₂₅₆
t₀₃₅₆	t₀₄₅₆	t₀₁₂₇	t₀₁₃₇	t₀₂₃₇	t₀₁₄₇	t₀₂₄₇	t₀₃₄₇	t₀₁₅₇	t₀₂₅₇	t₀₁₆₇	t₀₁₂₃₄	t₀₁₂₃₅	t₀₁₂₄₅	t₀₁₃₄₅
t₀₂₃₄₅	t₁₂₃₄₅	t₀₁₂₃₆	t₀₁₂₄₆	t₀₁₃₄₆	t₀₂₃₄₆	t₁₂₃₄₆	t₀₁₂₅₆	t₀₁₃₅₆	t₀₂₃₅₆	t₁₂₃₅₆	t₀₁₄₅₆	t₀₂₄₅₆	t₀₃₄₅₆	t₀₁₂₃₇
t₀₁₂₄₇	t₀₁₃₄₇	t₀₂₃₄₇	t₀₁₂₅₇	t₀₁₃₅₇	t₀₂₃₅₇	t₀₁₄₅₇	t₀₁₂₆₇	t₀₁₃₆₇	t₀₁₂₃₄₅	t₀₁₂₃₄₆	t₀₁₂₃₅₆	t₀₁₂₄₅₆	t₀₁₃₄₅₆	t₀₂₃₄₅₆
t₁₂₃₄₅₆	t₀₁₂₃₄₇	t₀₁₂₃₅₇	t₀₁₂₄₅₇	t₀₁₃₄₅₇	t₀₂₃₄₅₇	t₀₁₂₃₆₇	t₀₁₂₄₆₇	t₀₁₃₄₆₇	t₀₁₂₅₆₇	t_0123456	t_0123457	t_0123467	t_0123567	t_01234567

References

↑ Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, sec 1.8 Configurations
↑ Coxeter, Complex Regular Polytopes, p.117

H.S.M. Coxeter:
- Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, (3rd edition, 1973), Dover edition, ISBN 0-486-61480-8, p.296, Table I (iii): Regular Polytopes, three regular polytopes in n-dimensions (n≥5)
- H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973, p.296, Table I (iii): Regular Polytopes, three regular polytopes in n-dimensions (n≥5)
- 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
  - (Paper 22) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi Regular Polytopes I, [Math. Zeit. 46 (1940) 380-407, MR 2,10]
  - (Paper 23) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes II, [Math. Zeit. 188 (1985) 559-591]
  - (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III, [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3-45]
John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, The Symmetries of Things 2008, ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5 (Chapter 26. pp. 409: Hemicubes: 1_n1)
Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
- N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D. (1966)
Klitzing, Richard. "8D uniform polytopes (polyzetta) x3o3o3o3o3o3o3o - ene".

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Fundamental convex regular and uniform polytopes in dimensions 2–10
Family	A_n	B_n	I₂(p) / D_n	E₆ / E₇ / E₈ / F₄ / G₂	H_n
Regular polygon	Triangle	Square	p-gon	Hexagon	Pentagon
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Uniform 5-polytope	5-simplex	5-orthoplex • 5-cube	5-demicube
Uniform 6-polytope	6-simplex	6-orthoplex • 6-cube	6-demicube	1₂₂ • 2₂₁
Uniform 7-polytope	7-simplex	7-orthoplex • 7-cube	7-demicube	1₃₂ • 2₃₁ • 3₂₁
Uniform 8-polytope	8-simplex	8-orthoplex • 8-cube	8-demicube	1₄₂ • 2₄₁ • 4₂₁
Uniform 9-polytope	9-simplex	9-orthoplex • 9-cube	9-demicube
Uniform 10-polytope	10-simplex	10-orthoplex • 10-cube	10-demicube
Uniform n-polytope	n-simplex	n-orthoplex • n-cube	n-demicube	1_k2 • 2_k1 • k₂₁	n-pentagonal polytope
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[1] Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, sec 1.8 Configurations

[2] Coxeter, Complex Regular Polytopes, p.117