Omnitruncated 6-simplex honeycomb

Omnitruncated 6-simplex honeycomb
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Type Uniform honeycomb
Family Omnitruncated simplectic honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {3[8]}
Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams
Facets
t0,1,2,3,4,5{3,3,3,3,3}
Vertex figure
Irr. 6-simplex
Symmetry ×14, [7[3[7]]]
Properties vertex-transitive

In six-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the omnitruncated 6-simplex honeycomb is a space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). It is composed entirely of omnitruncated 6-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*
6
lattice

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The A*
6
lattice (also called A7
6
) is the union of seven A6 lattices, and has the vertex arrangement of the dual to the omnitruncated 6-simplex honeycomb, and therefore the Voronoi cell of this lattice is the omnitruncated 6-simplex.

                                                  = dual of        

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This honeycomb is one of 17 unique uniform honeycombs[1] constructed by the   Coxeter group, grouped by their extended symmetry of the Coxeter–Dynkin diagrams:

A6 honeycombs
Heptagon
symmetry
Extended
symmetry
Extended
diagram
Extended
group
Honeycombs
a1 [3[7]]          

               

i2 [[3[7]]]          ×2

       1                                                

                       2                                

r14 [7[3[7]]]          ×14

       3

See also

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Regular and uniform honeycombs in 6-space:

Notes

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  1. ^ * Weisstein, Eric W. "Necklace". MathWorld., OEIS sequence A000029 18-1 cases, skipping one with zero marks

References

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  • 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 0[3] δ3 3 3 Hexagonal
E3 Uniform convex honeycomb 0[4] δ4 4 4
E4 Uniform 4-honeycomb 0[5] δ5 5 5 24-cell honeycomb
E5 Uniform 5-honeycomb 0[6] δ6 6 6
E6 Uniform 6-honeycomb 0[7] δ7 7 7 222
E7 Uniform 7-honeycomb 0[8] δ8 8 8 133331
E8 Uniform 8-honeycomb 0[9] δ9 9 9 152251521
E9 Uniform 9-honeycomb 0[10] δ10 10 10
E10 Uniform 10-honeycomb 0[11] δ11 11 11
En-1 Uniform (n-1)-honeycomb 0[n] δn n n 1k22k1k21