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 A8 [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.