Compound of twelve pentagonal antiprisms with rotational freedom
This uniform polyhedron compound is a symmetric arrangement of 12 pentagonal antiprisms. It can be constructed by inscribing one pair of pentagonal antiprisms within an icosahedron, in each of the six possible ways, and then rotating each by an equal and opposite angle θ.
Compound of twelve pentagonal antiprisms with rotational freedom | |
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Type | Uniform compound |
Index | UC26 |
Polyhedra | 12 pentagonal antiprisms |
Faces | 120 triangles, 24 pentagons |
Edges | 240 |
Vertices | 120 |
Symmetry group | icosahedral (Ih) |
Subgroup restricting to one constituent | 10-fold improper rotation (S10) |
When θ is 36 degrees, the antiprisms coincide in pairs to yield (two superimposed copies of) the compound of six pentagonal antiprisms (without rotational freedom).
This compound shares its vertices with the compound of twelve pentagrammic crossed antiprisms with rotational freedom.
Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of this compound are all the cyclic permutations of
- (±(2τ−1−(2τ+4)cosθ), ±2(√(5τ+10))sinθ, ±(τ+2+(4τ−2)cosθ))
- (±(2τ−1−(2τ−1)cosθ−τ(√(5τ+10))sinθ), ±(−5τcosθ+τ−1(√(5τ+10))sinθ),
- ±(τ+2+(3−τ)cosθ+(√(5τ+10))sinθ))
- (±(2τ−1+(1+3τ)cosθ−(√(5τ+10))sinθ), ±(−5cosθ−τ(√(5τ+10))sinθ),
- ±(τ+2−(τ+2)cosθ+τ−1(√(5τ+10))sinθ))
- (±(2τ−1+(1+3τ)cosθ+(√(5τ+10))sinθ), ±(5cosθ−τ(√(5τ+10))sinθ),
- ±(τ+2−(τ+2)cosθ−τ−1(√(5τ+10))sinθ))
- (±(2τ−1−(2τ−1)cosθ+τ(√(5τ+10))sinθ), ±(5τcosθ+τ−1(√(5τ+10))sinθ),
- ±(τ+2+(3−τ)cosθ−(√(5τ+10))sinθ))
where τ = (1+√5)/2 is the golden ratio (sometimes written φ).
References
- Skilling, John (1976), "Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra", Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 79: 447–457, doi:10.1017/S0305004100052440, MR 0397554.
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