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B7 polytope

In 7-dimensional geometry, there are 128 uniform polytopes with B<sub>7</sub> symmetry. There are two regular forms, the 7-orthoplex, and 8-cube with 14 and 128 vertices respectively. The 7-demicube is added with half of the symmetry.

They can be visualized as symmetric orthographic projections in Coxeter planes of the B<sub>7</sub> Coxeter group, and other subgroups.

Graphs

Symmetric orthographic projections of these 128 polytopes can be made in the B<sub>7</sub>, B<sub>6</sub>, B<sub>5</sub>, B<sub>4</sub>, B<sub>3</sub>, B<sub>2</sub>, A<sub>5</sub>, A<sub>3</sub>, Coxeter planes. A<sub>k</sub> has [k+1] symmetry, and B<sub>k</sub> has [2k] symmetry.

These 128 polytopes are each shown in these 8 symmetry planes, with vertices and edges drawn, and vertices colored by the number of overlapping vertices in each projective position in progressive order: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, magenta, red-violet.

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 Ivić 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]
  • N.W. Johnson: The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1966