Great triakis icosahedron

In geometry, the great triakis icosahedron is a nonconvex isohedral polyhedron. It is the dual of the uniform great stellated truncated dodecahedron. Its faces are isosceles triangles. Part of each triangle lies within the solid, hence is invisible in solid models.

Great triakis icosahedron
TypeStar polyhedron
Face
ElementsF = 60, E = 90
V = 32 (χ = 2)
Symmetry groupIh, [5,3], *532
Index referencesDU66
dual polyhedronGreat stellated truncated dodecahedron
3D model of a great triakis icosahedron

Proportions

The triangles have one angle of and two of . The dihedral angle equals .

See also

References

  • Wenninger, Magnus (1983), Dual Models, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-54325-5, MR 0730208
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