Rectified 6-cubes

In six-dimensional geometry, a rectified 6-cube is a convex uniform 6-polytope, being a rectification of the regular 6-cube.

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Orthogonal projections in B₆ Coxeter plane
6-cube	Rectified 6-cube	Birectified 6-cube
Birectified 6-orthoplex	Rectified 6-orthoplex	6-orthoplex

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There are unique 6 degrees of rectifications, the zeroth being the 6-cube, and the 6th and last being the 6-orthoplex. Vertices of the rectified 6-cube are located at the edge-centers of the 6-cube. Vertices of the birectified 6-cube are located in the square face centers of the 6-cube.

Rectified 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Schläfli symbol	t₁{4,3⁴} or r{4,3⁴} $\left\{{\begin{array}{l}4\\3,3,3,3\end{array}}\right\}$
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams	=
5-faces	76
4-faces	444
Cells	1120
Faces	1520
Edges	960
Vertices	192
Vertex figure	5-cell prism
Petrie polygon	Dodecagon
Coxeter groups	B₆, [3,3,3,3,4] D₆, [3^3,1,1]
Properties	convex

Coxeter plane	B₆	B₅	B₄
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B₃	B₂
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A₅	A₃
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

Birectified 6-cube
Type	uniform 6-polytope
Coxeter symbol	0₃₁₁
Schläfli symbol	t₂{4,3⁴} or 2r{4,3⁴} $\left\{{\begin{array}{l}3,4\\3,3,3\end{array}}\right\}$
Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams	= =
5-faces	76
4-faces	636
Cells	2080
Faces	3200
Edges	1920
Vertices	240
Vertex figure	{4}x{3,3} duoprism
Coxeter groups	B₆, [3,3,3,3,4] D₆, [3^3,1,1]
Properties	convex

Coxeter plane	B₆	B₅	B₄
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[12]	[10]	[8]
Coxeter plane	B₃	B₂
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]
Coxeter plane	A₅	A₃
Graph
Dihedral symmetry	[6]	[4]

B6 polytopes
β₆	t₁β₆	t₂β₆	t₂γ₆	t₁γ₆	γ₆	t_0,1β₆	t_0,2β₆
t_1,2β₆	t_0,3β₆	t_1,3β₆	t_2,3γ₆	t_0,4β₆	t_1,4γ₆	t_1,3γ₆	t_1,2γ₆
t_0,5γ₆	t_0,4γ₆	t_0,3γ₆	t_0,2γ₆	t_0,1γ₆	t_0,1,2β₆	t_0,1,3β₆	t_0,2,3β₆
t_1,2,3β₆	t_0,1,4β₆	t_0,2,4β₆	t_1,2,4β₆	t_0,3,4β₆	t_1,2,4γ₆	t_1,2,3γ₆	t_0,1,5β₆
t_0,2,5β₆	t_0,3,4γ₆	t_0,2,5γ₆	t_0,2,4γ₆	t_0,2,3γ₆	t_0,1,5γ₆	t_0,1,4γ₆	t_0,1,3γ₆
t_0,1,2γ₆	t_0,1,2,3β₆	t_0,1,2,4β₆	t_0,1,3,4β₆	t_0,2,3,4β₆	t_1,2,3,4γ₆	t_0,1,2,5β₆	t_0,1,3,5β₆
t_0,2,3,5γ₆	t_0,2,3,4γ₆	t_0,1,4,5γ₆	t_0,1,3,5γ₆	t_0,1,3,4γ₆	t_0,1,2,5γ₆	t_0,1,2,4γ₆	t_0,1,2,3γ₆
t_0,1,2,3,4β₆	t_0,1,2,3,5β₆	t_0,1,2,4,5β₆	t_0,1,2,4,5γ₆	t_0,1,2,3,5γ₆	t_0,1,2,3,4γ₆	t_0,1,2,3,4,5γ₆

Rectified 6-cubes

Rectified 6-cube

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Birectified 6-cube

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