Pentagrammic prism

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Uniform pentagrammic prism
Type	Prismatic uniform polyhedron
Elements	F = 7, E = 15 V = 10 (χ = 2)
Faces by sides	5{4}+2{5/2}
Schläfli symbol	t{2,5/2} or {5/2}×{}
Wythoff symbol	2 5/2 | 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry	D5h, [5,2], (*522), order 20
Rotation group	D5, [5,2]+, (522), order 10
Index references	U78(a)
Dual	Pentagrammic dipyramid
Properties	nonconvex
Vertex figure 4.4.5/2

In geometry, the pentagrammic prism is one of an infinite set of nonconvex prisms formed by square sides and two regular star polygon caps, in this case two pentagrams.

It is a special case of a right prism with a pentagram as base, which in general has rectangular non-base faces. Topologically it is the same as a convex pentagonal prism.

It is the 78th model in the list of uniform polyhedra, as the first representative of uniform star prisms, along with the pentagrammic antiprism, which is the 79th model.

Geometry[]

It has 7 faces, 15 edges and 10 vertices. This polyhedron is identified with the indexed name U₇₈ as a uniform polyhedron.^[1]

The pentagram face has an ambiguous interior because it is self-intersecting. The central pentagon region can be considered interior or exterior depending on how the interior is defined. One definition of the interior is the set of points that have a ray that crosses the boundary an odd number of times to escape the perimeter.

Gallery[]

An alternative representation with hollow centers to the pentagrams.

3D model of a (uniform) pentagrammic prism

Pentagrammic dipyramid[]

Pentagrammic dipyramid
Type	Star bipyramid
Faces	10 triangles
Edges	15
Vertices	7
Schläfli symbol	{} + {5/2}
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group	D5h, [5,2], (*225), order 20
Rotation group	D5, [5,2]+, (225), order 10
Dual polyhedron	pentagrammic prism
Face configuration	V4.4.5
Properties	face-transitive, (deltahedron)

In geometry, the pentagrammic dipyramid (or bipyramid) is first of the infinite set of face-transitive star dipyramids containing star polygon arrangement of edges. It has 10 intersecting isosceles triangle faces. It is topologically identical to the pentagonal dipyramid.

Each star dipyramid is the dual of a star polygon based uniform prism.

3D model of a dual uniform pentagrammic dipyramid

3D model of a pentagrammic dipyramid with regular faces

Related polyhedra[]

There are two pentagrammic trapezohedra (or deltohedra), being dual to the pentagrammic antiprism and pentagrammic crossed antiprism respectively, each having intersecting kite-shaped faces (convex or concave), and a total of 12 vertices:

{5⁄2} trapezohedron	{5⁄3} trapezohedron

References[]

External links[]

• Weisstein, Eric W. "Pentagrammic prism". MathWorld.
• Weisstein, Eric W. "Pentagrammic dipyramid". MathWorld.
• Weisstein, Eric W. "Pentagrammic deltohedron". MathWorld.
• Weisstein, Eric W. "Pentagrammic concave deltohedron". MathWorld.
• http://www.mathconsult.ch/showroom/unipoly/78.html
• http://bulatov.org/polyhedra/uniform/u03.html
• Paper model of pentagrammic prism
• https://web.archive.org/web/20050313234702/http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/kaleido/data/03.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060211140715/http://www.ac-noumea.nc/maths/amc/polyhedr/no_conv5_.htm
• Paper Model (net) Pentagrammic Prism

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