7-simplex

Regular octaexon
(7-simplex)

Orthogonal projection
inside Petrie polygon
Type Regular 7-polytope
Family simplex
Schläfli symbol {3,3,3,3,3,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram
6-faces 8 6-simplex
5-faces 28 5-simplex
4-faces 56 5-cell
Cells 70 tetrahedron
Faces 56 triangle
Edges 28
Vertices 8
Vertex figure 6-simplex
Petrie polygon octagon
Coxeter group A7 [3,3,3,3,3,3]
Dual Self-dual
Properties convex

In 7-dimensional geometry, a 7-simplex is a self-dual regular 7-polytope. It has 8 vertices, 28 edges, 56 triangle faces, 70 tetrahedral cells, 56 5-cell 5-faces, 28 5-simplex 6-faces, and 8 6-simplex 7-faces. Its dihedral angle is cos−1(1/7), or approximately 81.79°.