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9-orthoplex

In geometry, a 9-orthoplex or 9-cross polytope, is a regular 9-polytope with 18 vertices, 144 edges, 672 triangle faces, 2016 tetrahedron cells, 4032 5-cell 4-faces, 5376 5-simplex 5-faces, 4608 6-simplex 6-faces, 2304 7-simplex 7-faces, and 512 8-simplex 8-faces.

It has two constructed forms, the first being regular with Schläfli symbol {3<sup>7</sup>,4}, and the second with alternately labeled (checkerboarded) facets, with Schläfli symbol h{3<sup>6</sup>,3<sup>1,1</sup>} or Coxeter symbol 6<sub>11</sub>t.

It is one of an infinite family of /polytopes, called cross-polytopes or orthoplexes. The dual polytope is the 9-hypercube or enneract.*

Alternate names

  • Enneacross, derived from combining the family name cross polytope with ennea for nine (dimensions) in Greek
  • Pentacosidodecayotton as a 512-facetted 9-polytope (polyyotton). Acronym: vee

Construction

There are two Coxeter groups associated with the 9-orthoplex, one regular, dual of the enneract with the C<sub>9</sub> or [4,3<sup>7</sup>] symmetry group, and a lower symmetry with two copies of 8-simplex facets, alternating, with the D<sub>9</sub> or [3<sup>6,1,1</sup>] symmetry group.

Cartesian coordinates

Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of a 9-orthoplex, centered at the origin, are

(±1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0), (0,±1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0), (0,0,±1,0,0,0,0,0,0), (0,0,0,±1,0,0,0,0,0), (0,0,0,0,±1,0,0,0,0), (0,0,0,0,0,±1,0,0,0), (0,0,0,0,0,0,±1,0,0), (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,±1,0), (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,±1)

Every vertex pair is connected by an edge, except opposites.

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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, wiley.com,
  • (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.
  • x3o3o3o3o3o3o3o4o - vee

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