Pentagonal antiprism

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Uniform pentagonal antiprism
Pentagonal antiprism.png
Type Prismatic uniform polyhedron
Elements F = 12, E = 20
V = 10 (χ = 2)
Faces by sides 10{3}+2{5}
Schläfli symbol s{2,10}
sr{2,5}
Wythoff symbol | 2 2 5
Coxeter diagram CDel node h.pngCDel 2x.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 10.pngCDel node.png
CDel node h.pngCDel 2x.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node h.png
Symmetry group D5d, [2+,10], (2*5), order 20
Rotation group D5, [5,2]+, (522), order 10
References U77(c)
Dual Pentagonal trapezohedron
Properties convex
Pentagonal antiprism vertfig.png
Vertex figure
3.3.3.5
3D model of a (uniform) pentagonal antiprism

In geometry, the pentagonal antiprism is the third in an infinite set of antiprisms formed by an even-numbered sequence of triangle sides closed by two polygon caps. It consists of two pentagons joined to each other by a ring of 10 triangles for a total of 12 faces. Hence, it is a non-regular dodecahedron.

Geometry[]

If the faces of the pentagonal antiprism are all regular, it is a semiregular polyhedron. It can also be considered as a parabidiminished icosahedron, a shape formed by removing two pentagonal pyramids from a regular icosahedron leaving two nonadjacent pentagonal faces; a related shape, the metabidiminished icosahedron (one of the Johnson solids), is likewise form from the icosahedron by removing two pyramids, but its pentagonal faces are adjacent to each other. The two pentagonal faces of either shape can be augmented with pyramids to form the icosahedron.

Relation to polytopes[]

The pentagonal antiprism occurs as a constituent element in some higher-dimensional polytopes. Two rings of 10 pentagonal antiprisms each bound the hypersurface of the 4-dimensional grand antiprism. If these antiprisms are augmented with pentagonal prism pyramids and linked with rings of 5 tetrahedra each, the 600-cell is obtained.

See also[]

The pentagonal antiprism can be truncated and alternated to form a snub antiprism:

Snub antiprisms
Antiprism
A5 		Truncated
tA5 		Alternated
htA5
Pentagonal antiprism.png Truncated pentagonal antiprism.png Snub pentagonal antiprism.png
s{2,10} ts{2,10} ss{2,10}
v:10; e:20; f:12 v:40; e:60; f:22 v:20; e:50; f:32
Family of uniform n-gonal antiprisms
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Antiprism name Digonal antiprism (Trigonal)
Triangular antiprism 		(Tetragonal)
Square antiprism 		Pentagonal antiprism Hexagonal antiprism Heptagonal antiprism Octagonal antiprism Enneagonal antiprism Decagonal antiprism Hendecagonal antiprism Dodecagonal antiprism ... Apeirogonal antiprism
Polyhedron image Digonal antiprism.png Trigonal antiprism.png Square antiprism.png Pentagonal antiprism.png Hexagonal antiprism.png Antiprism 7.png Octagonal antiprism.png Enneagonal antiprism.png Decagonal antiprism.png Hendecagonal antiprism.png Dodecagonal antiprism.png ...
Spherical tiling image Spherical digonal antiprism.png Spherical trigonal antiprism.png Spherical square antiprism.png Spherical pentagonal antiprism.png Spherical hexagonal antiprism.png Spherical heptagonal antiprism.png Spherical octagonal antiprism.png Plane tiling image Infinite antiprism.svg
Vertex config. 2.3.3.3 3.3.3.3 4.3.3.3 5.3.3.3 6.3.3.3 7.3.3.3 8.3.3.3 9.3.3.3 10.3.3.3 11.3.3.3 12.3.3.3 ... ∞.3.3.3

Crossed antiprism[]

A crossed pentagonal antiprism is topologically identical to the pentagonal antiprism, although it can't be made uniform. The sides are isosceles triangles. It has d5d symmetry, order 10. Its vertex configuration is 3.3/2.3.5, with one triangle retrograde and its vertex arrangement is the same as a pentagonal prism.

Crossed pentagonal antiprism.png

External links[]

  • Weisstein, Eric W. "Antiprism". MathWorld.
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  • Pentagonal Antiprism: Interactive Polyhedron Model
  • Virtual Reality Polyhedra www.georgehart.com: The Encyclopedia of Polyhedra
  • polyhedronisme A5


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