Rectified 7-orthoplexes


In seven-dimensional geometry, a rectified 7-orthoplex is a convex uniform 7-polytope, being a rectification of the regular 7-orthoplex.
There are unique 7 degrees of rectifications, the zeroth being the 7-orthoplex, and the 6th and last being the 7-cube. Vertices of the rectified 7-orthoplex are located at the edge-centers of the 7-orthoplex. Vertices of the birectified 7-orthoplex are located in the triangular face centers of the 7-orthoplex. Vertices of the trirectified 7-orthoplex are located in the tetrahedral cell centers of the 7-orthoplex.

Rectified 7-orthoplex

The rectified 7-orthoplex is the vertex figure for the demihepteractic honeycomb. The rectified 7-orthoplex's 84 vertices represent the kissing number of a sphere-packing constructed from this honeycomb.

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Construction

There are two Coxeter groups associated with the rectified heptacross, one with the C7 or Coxeter group, and a lower symmetry with two copies of pentacross facets, alternating, with the D7 or Coxeter group.

Cartesian coordinates

for the vertices of a rectified heptacross, centered at the origin, edge length are all permutations of:

Root vectors

Its 84 vertices represent the root vectors of the simple Lie group D7. The vertices can be seen in 3 hyperplanes, with the 21 vertices rectified 6-simplexs cells on opposite sides, and 42 vertices of an expanded 6-simplex passing through the center. When combined with the 14 vertices of the 7-orthoplex, these vertices represent the 98 root vectors of the B7 and C7 simple Lie groups.

Birectified 7-orthoplex

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Cartesian coordinates

for the vertices of a birectified 7-orthoplex, centered at the origin, edge length are all permutations of:

Trirectified 7-orthoplex

A trirectified 7-orthoplex is the same as a trirectified 7-cube.