Cantellated 7-cubes
In seven-dimensional geometry, a cantellated 7-cube is a convex uniform 7-polytope, being a cantellation of the regular 7-cube.
|  7-cube              |  Cantellated 7-cube              |  Bicantellated 7-cube              |  Tricantellated 7-cube              | 
|  Birectified 7-cube              |  Cantitruncated 7-cube              |  Bicantitruncated 7-cube              |  Tricantitruncated 7-cube              | 
|  Cantellated 7-orthoplex              |  Bicantellated 7-orthoplex              |  Cantitruncated 7-orthoplex              |  Bicantitruncated 7-orthoplex              | 
| Orthogonal projections in B6 Coxeter plane | |||
|---|---|---|---|
There are 10 degrees of cantellation for the 7-cube, including truncations. 4 are most simply constructible from the dual 7-orthoplex.
Cantellated 7-cube
    
| Cantellated 7-cube | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | rr{4,3,3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter diagram |              | 
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 16128 | 
| Vertices | 2688 | 
| Vertex figure | |
| Coxeter groups | B7, [4,3,3,3,3,3] | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
    
- Small rhombated hepteract (acronym: sersa) (Jonathan Bowers)[1]
Images
    
| Coxeter plane | B7 / A6 | B6 / D7 | B5 / D6 / A4 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [14] | [12] | [10] | 
| Coxeter plane | B4 / D5 | B3 / D4 / A2 | B2 / D3 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [6] | [4] | 
| Coxeter plane | A5 | A3 | |
| Graph |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [6] | [4] | 
Bicantellated 7-cube
    
| Bicantellated 7-cube | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | r2r{4,3,3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter diagrams |                         | 
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 40320 | 
| Vertices | 6720 | 
| Vertex figure | |
| Coxeter groups | B7, [4,3,3,3,3,3] | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
    
- Small birhombated hepteract (acronym: sibrosa) (Jonathan Bowers)[2]
Images
    
| Coxeter plane | B7 / A6 | B6 / D7 | B5 / D6 / A4 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [14] | [12] | [10] | 
| Coxeter plane | B4 / D5 | B3 / D4 / A2 | B2 / D3 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [6] | [4] | 
| Coxeter plane | A5 | A3 | |
| Graph |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [6] | [4] | 
Tricantellated 7-cube
    
| Tricantellated 7-cube | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | r3r{4,3,3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter diagrams |                         | 
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 47040 | 
| Vertices | 6720 | 
| Vertex figure | |
| Coxeter groups | B7, [4,3,3,3,3,3] | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
    
- Small trirhombihepteractihecatonicosoctaexon (acronym: strasaz) (Jonathan Bowers)[3]
Images
    
| Coxeter plane | B7 / A6 | B6 / D7 | B5 / D6 / A4 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [14] | [12] | [10] | 
| Coxeter plane | B4 / D5 | B3 / D4 / A2 | B2 / D3 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [6] | [4] | 
| Coxeter plane | A5 | A3 | |
| Graph |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [6] | [4] | 
Cantitruncated 7-cube
    
| Cantitruncated 7-cube | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | tr{4,3,3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter diagrams |              | 
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 18816 | 
| Vertices | 5376 | 
| Vertex figure | |
| Coxeter groups | B7, [4,3,3,3,3,3] | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
    
- Great rhombated hepteract (acronym: gersa) (Jonathan Bowers)[4]
Images
    
| Coxeter plane | B7 / A6 | B6 / D7 | B5 / D6 / A4 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [14] | [12] | [10] | 
| Coxeter plane | B4 / D5 | B3 / D4 / A2 | B2 / D3 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [6] | [4] | 
| Coxeter plane | A5 | A3 | |
| Graph |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [6] | [4] | 
It is fifth in a series of cantitruncated hypercubes:
|   |   |   |   |   |   | 
| Truncated cuboctahedron | Cantitruncated tesseract | Cantitruncated 5-cube | Cantitruncated 6-cube | Cantitruncated 7-cube | Cantitruncated 8-cube | 
|      |        |          |            |              |                | 
Bicantitruncated 7-cube
    
| Bicantitruncated 7-cube | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | r2r{4,3,3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter diagrams |                         | 
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 47040 | 
| Vertices | 13440 | 
| Vertex figure | |
| Coxeter groups | B7, [4,3,3,3,3,3] | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
    
- Great birhombated hepteract (acronym: gibrosa) (Jonathan Bowers)[5]
Images
    
| Coxeter plane | B7 / A6 | B6 / D7 | B5 / D6 / A4 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [14] | [12] | [10] | 
| Coxeter plane | B4 / D5 | B3 / D4 / A2 | B2 / D3 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [6] | [4] | 
| Coxeter plane | A5 | A3 | |
| Graph |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [6] | [4] | 
Tricantitruncated 7-cube
    
| Tricantitruncated 7-cube | |
|---|---|
| Type | uniform 7-polytope | 
| Schläfli symbol | t3r{4,3,3,3,3,3} | 
| Coxeter diagrams |                         | 
| 6-faces | |
| 5-faces | |
| 4-faces | |
| Cells | |
| Faces | |
| Edges | 53760 | 
| Vertices | 13440 | 
| Vertex figure | |
| Coxeter groups | B7, [4,3,3,3,3,3] | 
| Properties | convex | 
Alternate names
    
- Great trirhombihepteractihecatonicosoctaexon (acronym: gotrasaz) (Jonathan Bowers)[6]
Images
    
| Coxeter plane | B7 / A6 | B6 / D7 | B5 / D6 / A4 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Graph | too complex |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [14] | [12] | [10] | 
| Coxeter plane | B4 / D5 | B3 / D4 / A2 | B2 / D3 | 
| Graph |  |  |  | 
| Dihedral symmetry | [8] | [6] | [4] | 
| Coxeter plane | A5 | A3 | |
| Graph |  |  | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [6] | [4] | 
Related polytopes
    
These polytopes are from a family of 127 uniform 7-polytopes with B7 symmetry.
See also
    
    
Notes
    
- Klitizing, (x3o3x3o3o3o4o - sersa)
- Klitizing, (o3x3o3x3o3o4o - sibrosa)
- Klitizing, (o3o3x3o3x3o4o - strasaz)
- Klitizing, (x3x3x3o3o3o4o - gersa)
- Klitizing, (o3x3x3x3o3o4o - gibrosa)
- Klitizing, (o3o3x3x3x3o4o - gotrasaz)
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, 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]
 
 
- Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
- N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D.
 
- Klitzing, Richard. "7D uniform polytopes (polyexa)". x3o3x3o3o3o4o- sersa, o3x3o3x3o3o4o - sibrosa, o3o3x3o3x3o4o - strasaz, x3x3x3o3o3o4o - gersa, o3x3x3x3o3o4o - gibrosa, o3o3x3x3x3o4o - gotrasaz
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