Truncated 6-simplexes

Tritruncated 6-simplex
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Class	A6 polytope
Schläfli symbol	3t{3,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram	or
5-faces	14 2t{3,3,3,3}
4-faces	84
Cells	280
Faces	490
Edges	420
Vertices	140
Vertex figure	{3}v{3}
Coxeter group	A6, [[35]], order 10080
Properties	convex, isotopic

The tritruncated 6-simplex is an isotopic uniform polytope, with 14 identical bitruncated 5-simplex facets.

The tritruncated 6-simplex is the intersection of two 6-simplexes in dual configuration: and .

Images

orthographic projections

Ak Coxeter plane	A6	A5	A4
Graph
Symmetry	[[7]](*)=[14]	[6]	[[5]](*)=[10]
Ak Coxeter plane	A3	A2
Graph
Symmetry	[4]	[[3]](*)=[6]

Note: (*) Symmetry doubled for A_k graphs with even k due to symmetrically-ringed Coxeter-Dynkin diagram.

Related polytopes

Isotopic uniform truncated simplices

Dim.	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Name Coxeter	Hexagon = t{3} = {6}	Octahedron = r{3,3} = {31,1} = {3,4} ${\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3\\3\end{array}}\right\}}$	Decachoron 2t{33}	Dodecateron 2r{34} = {32,2} ${\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3,3\\3,3\end{array}}\right\}}$	Tetradecapeton 3t{35}	Hexadecaexon 3r{36} = {33,3} ${\displaystyle \left\{{\begin{array}{l}3,3,3\\3,3,3\end{array}}\right\}}$	Octadecazetton 4t{37}
Images
Vertex figure	( )∨( )	{ }×{ }	{ }∨{ }	{3}×{3}	{3}∨{3}	{3,3}×{3,3}	{3,3}∨{3,3}
Facets		{3}	t{3,3}	r{3,3,3}	2t{3,3,3,3}	2r{3,3,3,3,3}	3t{3,3,3,3,3,3}
As intersecting dual simplexes	∩	∩	∩	∩	∩	∩	∩

The truncated 6-simplex is one of 35 uniform 6-polytopes based on the [3,3,3,3,3] Coxeter group, all shown here in A₆ Coxeter plane orthographic projections.

A6 polytopes
t0	t1	t2	t0,1	t0,2	t1,2	t0,3	t1,3	t2,3
t0,4	t1,4	t0,5	t0,1,2	t0,1,3	t0,2,3	t1,2,3	t0,1,4	t0,2,4
t1,2,4	t0,3,4	t0,1,5	t0,2,5	t0,1,2,3	t0,1,2,4	t0,1,3,4	t0,2,3,4	t1,2,3,4
t0,1,2,5	t0,1,3,5	t0,2,3,5	t0,1,4,5	t0,1,2,3,4	t0,1,2,3,5	t0,1,2,4,5	t0,1,2,3,4,5

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