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133 honeycomb
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Type	Uniform tessellation
Schläfli symbol	{3,3}
Coxeter symbol	133
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram	or
7-face type	132
6-face types	122 131
5-face types	121 {3}
4-face type	111 {3}
Cell type	101
Face type	{3}
Cell figure	Square
Face figure	Triangular duoprism
Edge figure	Tetrahedral duoprism
Vertex figure	Trirectified 7-simplex
Coxeter group	${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$, ]
Properties	vertex-transitive, facet-transitive

In 7-dimensional geometry, 1₃₃ is a uniform honeycomb, also given by Schläfli symbol {3,3}, and is composed of 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 ${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$ group is related to the ${\displaystyle {\tilde {F}}_{4}}$ by a geometric folding, so this honeycomb can be projected into the 4-dimensional demitesseractic honeycomb.

${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$	${\displaystyle {\tilde {F}}_{4}}$
{3,3}	{3,3,4,3}

E₇ lattice

${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$ contains ${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{7}}$ as a subgroup of index 144. Both ${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$ and ${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{7}}$ can be seen as affine extension from ${\displaystyle A_{7}}$ from different nodes:

The E₇ lattice (also called E₇) has double the symmetry, represented by ]. 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 A₇:

∪ = ∪ ∪ ∪ = dual of .

Related polytopes and honeycombs

The 1₃₃ is fourth in a dimensional series of uniform polytopes and honeycombs, expressed by Coxeter as 1_3k series. The final is a noncompact hyperbolic honeycomb, 1₃₄.

1_3k dimensional figures

Space	Finite				Euclidean	Hyperbolic
n	4	5	6	7	8	9
Coxeter group	A3A1	A5	D6	E7	${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$=E7	${\displaystyle {\bar {T}}_{8}}$=E7
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry					]
Order	48	720	23,040	2,903,040	∞
Graph					-	-
Name	13,-1	130	131	132	133	134

Rectified 1₃₃ honeycomb

Rectified 133 honeycomb
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Type	Uniform tessellation
Schläfli symbol	{3}
Coxeter symbol	0331
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram	or
7-face type	Trirectified 7-simplex Rectified 1_32
6-face types	Birectified 6-simplex Birectified 6-cube Rectified 1_22
5-face types	Rectified 5-simplex Birectified 5-simplex Birectified 5-orthoplex
4-face type	5-cell Rectified 5-cell 24-cell
Cell type	{3,3} {3,4}
Face type	{3}
Vertex figure	{}×{3,3}×{3,3}
Coxeter group	${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{7}}$, ]
Properties	vertex-transitive, facet-transitive

The rectified 1₃₃ or 0₃₃₁, Coxeter diagram has facets and , and vertex figure .

See also

• 8-polytope
• 3₃₁ honeycomb

Notes

1. N.W. Johnson: Geometries and Transformations, (2018) 12.4: Euclidean Coxeter groups, p.294
2. "The Lattice E7".
3. The Voronoi Cells of the E6* and E7* Lattices Archived 2016-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, Edward Pervin

References

• H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd Edition, Dover New York, 1973
• Coxeter The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays, Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40919-1 (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, ISBN 978-0-471-01003-6
  • (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III,
• Klitzing, Richard. "7D Heptacombs o3o3o3o3o3o3o *d3x - linoh".
• Klitzing, Richard. "7D Heptacombs o3o3o3x3o3o3o *d3o - rolinoh".

v t e Fundamental convex regular and uniform honeycombs in dimensions 2–9
Space	Family	${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{n-1}}$	${\displaystyle {\tilde {C}}_{n-1}}$	${\displaystyle {\tilde {B}}_{n-1}}$	${\displaystyle {\tilde {D}}_{n-1}}$	${\displaystyle {\tilde {G}}_{2}}$ / ${\displaystyle {\tilde {F}}_{4}}$ / ${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{n-1}}$
E	Uniform tiling	0	δ3	hδ3	qδ3	Hexagonal
E	Uniform convex honeycomb	0	δ4	hδ4	qδ4
E	Uniform 4-honeycomb	0	δ5	hδ5	qδ5	24-cell honeycomb
E	Uniform 5-honeycomb	0	δ6	hδ6	qδ6
E	Uniform 6-honeycomb	0	δ7	hδ7	qδ7	222
E	Uniform 7-honeycomb	0	δ8	hδ8	qδ8	133 • 331
E	Uniform 8-honeycomb	0	δ9	hδ9	qδ9	152 • 251 • 521
E	Uniform 9-honeycomb	0	δ10	hδ10	qδ10
E	Uniform 10-honeycomb	0	δ11	hδ11	qδ11
E	Uniform (n-1)-honeycomb	0	δn	hδn	qδn	1k2 • 2k1 • k21

• 8-polytopes