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8-simplex honeycomb
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Type	Uniform 8-honeycomb
Family	Simplectic honeycomb
Schläfli symbol	{3} = 0
Coxeter diagram
6-face types	{3} , t1{3} t2{3} , t3{3}
6-face types	{3} , t1{3} t2{3} , t3{3}
6-face types	{3} , t1{3} t2{3}
5-face types	{3} , t1{3} t2{3}
4-face types	{3} , t1{3}
Cell types	{3,3} , t1{3,3}
Face types	{3}
Vertex figure	t0,7{3}
Symmetry	${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$×2, ]
Properties	vertex-transitive

In eighth-dimensional Euclidean geometry, the 8-simplex honeycomb is a space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). The tessellation fills space by 8-simplex, rectified 8-simplex, birectified 8-simplex, and trirectified 8-simplex facets. These facet types occur in proportions of 1:1:1:1 respectively in the whole honeycomb.

A8 lattice

This vertex arrangement is called the A8 lattice or 8-simplex lattice. The 72 vertices of the expanded 8-simplex vertex figure represent the 72 roots of the ${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$ Coxeter group. It is the 8-dimensional case of a simplectic honeycomb. Around each vertex figure are 510 facets: 9+9 8-simplex, 36+36 rectified 8-simplex, 84+84 birectified 8-simplex, 126+126 trirectified 8-simplex, with the count distribution from the 10th row of Pascal's triangle.

${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{8}}$ contains ${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$ as a subgroup of index 5760. Both ${\displaystyle {\tilde {E}}_{8}}$ and ${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$ can be seen as affine extensions of ${\displaystyle A_{8}}$ from different nodes:

The A
₈ lattice is the union of three A₈ lattices, and also identical to the E8 lattice.

∪ ∪ = .

The A
₈ lattice (also called A
₈) is the union of nine A₈ lattices, and has the vertex arrangement of the dual honeycomb to the omnitruncated 8-simplex honeycomb, and therefore the Voronoi cell of this lattice is an omnitruncated 8-simplex

∪ ∪ ∪ ∪ ∪ ∪ ∪ ∪ = dual of .

Related polytopes and honeycombs

This honeycomb is one of 45 unique uniform honeycombs constructed by the ${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$ Coxeter group. The symmetry can be multiplied by the ring symmetry of the Coxeter diagrams:

A8 honeycombs
Enneagon symmetry	Symmetry	Extended diagram	Extended group	Honeycombs
a1			${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$
i2	]		${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$×2	1 2
i6	]		${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$×6
r18	]		${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$×18	3

Projection by folding

The 8-simplex honeycomb can be projected into the 4-dimensional tesseractic honeycomb by a geometric folding operation that maps two pairs of mirrors into each other, sharing the same vertex arrangement:

${\displaystyle {\tilde {A}}_{8}}$
${\displaystyle {\tilde {C}}_{4}}$

See also

• Regular and uniform honeycombs in 8-space:
  • 8-cubic honeycomb
  • 8-demicubic honeycomb
  • Truncated 8-simplex honeycomb
  • 5₂₁ honeycomb
  • 2₅₁ honeycomb
  • 1₅₂ honeycomb

Notes

1. "The Lattice A8".
2. N.W. Johnson: Geometries and Transformations, (2018) Chapter 12: Euclidean symmetry groups, p.294
3. Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H. S. M. Coxeter, Paper 18, "Extreme forms" (1950)
4. * Weisstein, Eric W. "Necklace". MathWorld., OEIS sequence A000029 46-1 cases, skipping one with zero marks

References

• Norman Johnson Uniform Polytopes, Manuscript (1991)
• 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, (1.9 Uniform space-fillings)
  • (Paper 24) H.S.M. Coxeter, Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III,

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

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