# 8-simplex

Regular enneazetton (8-simplex) :
| Orthogonal projection inside Petrie polygon ||
| Type | Regular 8-polytope |
| Family | simplex |
| Schläfli symbol | {3,3,3,3,3,3,3} |
| Coxeter-Dynkin diagram | |
| 7-faces | 9 7-simplex |
| 6-faces | 36 6-simplex |
| 5-faces | 84 5-simplex |
| 4-faces | 126 5-cell |
| Cells | 126 tetrahedron |
| Faces | 84 triangle |
| Edges | 36 |
| Vertices | 9 |
| Vertex figure | 7-simplex |
| Petrie polygon | enneagon |
| Coxeter group | A$_8$ [3,3,3,3,3,3,3] |
| Dual | Self-dual |
| Properties | convex |
In geometry, an 8-simplex is a self-dual regular 8-polytope. It has 9 vertices, 36 edges, 84 triangle faces, 126 tetrahedral cells, 126 5-cell 4-faces, 84 5-simplex 5-faces, 36 6-simplex 6-faces, and 9 7-simplex 7-faces. Its dihedral angle is cos$^{−1}$(1/8), or approximately 82.82°.
It can also be called an enneazetton, or ennea-8-tope, as a 9-facetted polytope in eight-dimensions. The name enneazetton is derived from ennea for nine facets in Greek and -zetta for having seven-dimensional facets, and -on.

## As a configuration

This configuration matrix represents the 8-simplex. The rows and columns correspond to vertices, edges, faces, cells, 4-faces, 5-faces, 6-faces and 7-faces. The diagonal numbers say how many of each element occur in the whole 8-simplex. The nondiagonal numbers say how many of the column's element occur in or at the row's element. This self-dual simplex's matrix is identical to its 180 degree rotation.
${\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{matrix}9&8&28&56&70&56&28&8\\2&36&7&21&35&35&21&7\\3&3&84&6&15&20&15&6\\4&6&4&126&5&10&10&5\\5&10&10&5&126&4&6&4\\6&15&20&15&6&84&3&3\\7&21&35&35&21&7&36&2\\8&28&56&70&56&28&8&9\end{matrix}}\end{bmatrix}}$

## Coordinates

The Cartesian coordinates of the vertices of an origin-centered regular enneazetton having edge length 2 are:
    $\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ {\sqrt {1/15}},\ {\sqrt {1/10}},\ {\sqrt {1/6}},\ {\sqrt {1/3}},\ \pm 1\right)$
    $\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ {\sqrt {1/15}},\ {\sqrt {1/10}},\ {\sqrt {1/6}},\ -2{\sqrt {1/3}},\ 0\right)$
    $\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ {\sqrt {1/15}},\ {\sqrt {1/10}},\ -{\sqrt {3/2}},\ 0,\ 0\right)$
    $\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ {\sqrt {1/15}},\ -2{\sqrt {2/5}},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)$
    $\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ {\sqrt {1/21}},\ -{\sqrt {5/3}},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)$
    $\left(1/6,\ {\sqrt {1/28}},\ -{\sqrt {12/7}},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)$
    $\left(1/6,\ -{\sqrt {7/4}},\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)$
    $\left(-4/3,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0,\ 0\right)$
More simply, the vertices of the 8-simplex can be positioned in 9-space as permutations of (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1). This construction is based on facets of the 9-orthoplex.
Another origin-centered construction uses (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1)/3 and permutations of (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,-11)/12 for edge length √2.

## Images

orthographic projections :
| A$_k$ Coxeter plane | A$_8$ | A$_7$ | A$_6$ | A$_5$ |
| Graph | | | | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [9] | [8] | [7] | [6] |
| A$_k$ Coxeter plane | A$_4$ | A$_3$ | A$_2$ |
| Graph | | | |
| Dihedral symmetry | [5] | [4] | [3] |

## Related polytopes and honeycombs

This polytope is a facet in the uniform tessellations: 2$_{51}$, and 5$_{21}$ with respective Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams:
This polytope is one of 135 uniform 8-polytopes with A$_8$ symmetry.
A8 polytopes :
| t$_0$ | t$_1$ | t$_2$ | t$_3$ | t$_{01}$ | t$_{02}$ | t$_{12}$ | t$_{03}$ | t$_{13}$ | t$_{23}$ | t$_{04}$ | t$_{14}$ | t$_{24}$ | t$_{34}$ | t$_{05}$ |
| t$_{15}$ | t$_{25}$ | t$_{06}$ | t$_{16}$ | t$_{07}$ | t$_{012}$ | t$_{013}$ | t$_{023}$ | t$_{123}$ | t$_{014}$ | t$_{024}$ | t$_{124}$ | t$_{034}$ | t$_{134}$ | t$_{234}$ |
| t$_{015}$ | t$_{025}$ | t$_{125}$ | t$_{035}$ | t$_{135}$ | t$_{235}$ | t$_{045}$ | t$_{145}$ | t$_{016}$ | t$_{026}$ | t$_{126}$ | t$_{036}$ | t$_{136}$ | t$_{046}$ | t$_{056}$ |
| t$_{017}$ | t$_{027}$ | t$_{037}$ | t$_{0123}$ | t$_{0124}$ | t$_{0134}$ | t$_{0234}$ | t$_{1234}$ | t$_{0125}$ | t$_{0135}$ | t$_{0235}$ | t$_{1235}$ | t$_{0145}$ | t$_{0245}$ | t$_{1245}$ |
| t$_{0345}$ | t$_{1345}$ | t$_{2345}$ | t$_{0126}$ | t$_{0136}$ | t$_{0236}$ | t$_{1236}$ | t$_{0146}$ | t$_{0246}$ | t$_{1246}$ | t$_{0346}$ | t$_{1346}$ | t$_{0156}$ | t$_{0256}$ | t$_{1256}$ |
| t$_{0356}$ | t$_{0456}$ | t$_{0127}$ | t$_{0137}$ | t$_{0237}$ | t$_{0147}$ | t$_{0247}$ | t$_{0347}$ | t$_{0157}$ | t$_{0257}$ | t$_{0167}$ | t$_{01234}$ | t$_{01235}$ | t$_{01245}$ | t$_{01345}$ |
| t$_{02345}$ | t$_{12345}$ | t$_{01236}$ | t$_{01246}$ | t$_{01346}$ | t$_{02346}$ | t$_{12346}$ | t$_{01256}$ | t$_{01356}$ | t$_{02356}$ | t$_{12356}$ | t$_{01456}$ | t$_{02456}$ | t$_{03456}$ | t$_{01237}$ |
| t$_{01247}$ | t$_{01347}$ | t$_{02347}$ | t$_{01257}$ | t$_{01357}$ | t$_{02357}$ | t$_{01457}$ | t$_{01267}$ | t$_{01367}$ | t$_{012345}$ | t$_{012346}$ | t$_{012356}$ | t$_{012456}$ | t$_{013456}$ | t$_{023456}$ |
| t$_{123456}$ | t$_{012347}$ | t$_{012357}$ | t$_{012457}$ | t$_{013457}$ | t$_{023457}$ | t$_{012367}$ | t$_{012467}$ | t$_{013467}$ | t$_{012567}$ | t$_{0123456}$ | t$_{0123457}$ | t$_{0123467}$ | t$_{0123567}$ | t$_{01234567}$ |