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In 7-dimensional geometry, 133 is a uniform honeycomb, also given by Schläfli symbol { 3,33,3}, and is composed of [[1 32 polytope|132]] facets.
Construction
It is created by a Wythoff construction upon a set of 8 hyperplane mirrors in 7-dimensional space.
The facet information can be extracted from its Coxeter-Dynkin diagram.
Removing a node on the end of one of the 3-length branch leaves the 132, its only facet type.
The vertex figure is determined by removing the ringed node and ringing the neighboring node. This makes the trirectified 7-simplex, 033.
The edge figure is determined by removing the ringed nodes of the vertex figure and ringing the neighboring node. This makes the tetrahedral duoprism, { 3,3}×{ 3,3}.
Kissing number
Each vertex of this polytope corresponds to the center of a 6-sphere in a moderately dense sphere packing, in which each sphere is tangent to 70 others; the best known for 7 dimensions (the kissing number) is 126.
Geometric folding
The group is related to the by a geometric folding, so this honeycomb can be projected into the 4-dimensional demitesseractic honeycomb.
E7* lattice
contains as a subgroup of index 144. Both and can be seen as affine extension from from different nodes:
The E7* lattice (also called E72) has double the symmetry, represented by [[3,33,3]]. The Voronoi cell of the E7* lattice is the 132 polytope, and voronoi tessellation the 133 honeycomb. The E7* lattice is constructed by 2 copies of the E7 lattice vertices, one from each long branch of the Coxeter diagram, and can be constructed as the union of four A7* lattices, also called A74: ∪ = ∪ ∪ ∪ = dual of .
Related polytopes and honeycombs
The 133 is fourth in a dimensional series of uniform polytopes and honeycombs, expressed by Coxeter as 13k series. The final is a noncompact hyperbolic honeycomb, 134.
Rectified 133 honeycomb
The rectified 133 or 0331, Coxeter diagram has facets and , and vertex figure .
See also
8-polytope
331 honeycomb
Notes
References
H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973
Coxeter The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays, Dover Publications, 1999, (Chapter 3: Wythoff's Construction for Uniform Polytopes) 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, (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III'', [Math. Zeit. 200 (1988) 3–45]