In eight-dimensional geometry, a rectified 8-orthoplex is a convex uniform 8-polytope, being a rectification of the regular 8-orthoplex.
There are unique 8 degrees of rectifications, the zeroth being the 8-orthoplex, and the 7th and last being the 8-cube. Vertices of the rectified 8-orthoplex are located at the edge-centers of the 8-orthoplex. Vertices of the birectified 8-orthoplex are located in the triangular face centers of the 8-orthoplex. Vertices of the trirectified 8-orthoplex are located in the tetrahedral cell centers of the 8-orthoplex.
Rectified 8-orthoplex
The rectified 8-orthoplex has 112 vertices. These represent the root vectors of the simple Lie group D8. The vertices can be seen in 3 hyperplanes, with the 28 vertices rectified 7-simplexs cells on opposite sides, and 56 vertices of an expanded 7-simplex passing through the center. When combined with the 16 vertices of the 8-orthoplex, these vertices represent the 128 root vectors of the B8 and C8 simple Lie groups.
Related polytopes
The rectified 8-orthoplex is the vertex figure for the demiocteractic honeycomb. or
Alternate names
rectified octacross
rectified diacosipentacontahexazetton (Acronym: rek) (Jonathan Bowers)
Construction
There are two Coxeter groups associated with the rectified 8-orthoplex, one with the C8 or [4,36] Coxeter group, and a lower symmetry with two copies of heptcross facets, alternating, with the D8 or [35,1,1] Coxeter group.
Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of a rectified 8-orthoplex, centered at the origin, edge length are all permutations of: (±1,±1,0,0,0,0,0,0)
Images
Birectified 8-orthoplex
Alternate names
birectified octacross
birectified diacosipentacontahexazetton (Acronym: bark) (Jonathan Bowers)
Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of a birectified 8-orthoplex, centered at the origin, edge length are all permutations of: (±1,±1,±1,0,0,0,0,0)
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Trirectified 8-orthoplex
The trirectified 8-orthoplex can tessellate space in the quadrirectified 8-cubic honeycomb.
Alternate names
trirectified octacross
trirectified diacosipentacontahexazetton (acronym: tark) (Jonathan Bowers)
Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of a trirectified 8-orthoplex, centered at the origin, edge length are all permutations of: (±1,±1,±1,±1,0,0,0,0)
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Notes
References
H.S.M. Coxeter: H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973 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 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] Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991) N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D. o3x3o3o3o3o3o4o - rek, o3o3x3o3o3o3o4o - bark, o3o3o3x3o3o3o4o - tark