geometry Geometry (; ) is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is c ...

, a birotunda is any member of a family of dihedral-symmetric

polyhedra In geometry, a polyhedron (plural polyhedra or polyhedrons; ) is a three-dimensional shape with flat polygonal faces, straight edges and sharp corners or vertices. A convex polyhedron is the convex hull of finitely many points, not all on t ...

, formed from two rotunda adjoined through the largest face. They are similar to a

bicupola In geometry, a bicupola is a solid formed by connecting two cupolae on their bases. There are two classes of bicupola because each cupola (bicupola half) is bordered by alternating triangles and squares. If similar faces are attached together ...

but instead of alternating squares and triangles, it alternates

pentagon In geometry, a pentagon (from the Greek language, Greek πέντε ''pente'' meaning ''five'' and γωνία ''gonia'' meaning ''angle'') is any five-sided polygon or 5-gon. The sum of the internal angles in a simple polygon, simple pentagon is ...

s and triangles around an axis. There are two forms, ''ortho-'' and ''gyro-'': an ''orthobirotunda'' has one of the two rotundas is placed as the

mirror reflection A mirror image (in a plane mirror) is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. As an optical effect it results from reflection off from substance ...

of the other, while in a ''gyrobirotunda'' one rotunda is twisted relative to the other. The pentagonal birotundas can be formed with regular faces, one a

Johnson solid In geometry, a Johnson solid is a strictly convex polyhedron each face of which is a regular polygon. There is no requirement that each face must be the same polygon, or that the same polygons join around each vertex. An example of a Johns ...

, the other a

semiregular polyhedron In geometry, the term semiregular polyhedron (or semiregular polytope) is used variously by different authors. Definitions In its original definition, it is a polyhedron with regular polygonal faces, and a symmetry group which is transitive ...

: *

pentagonal orthobirotunda In geometry, the pentagonal orthobirotunda is one of the Johnson solids (). It can be constructed by joining two pentagonal rotundae () along their decagonal faces, matching like faces. Related polyhedra The pentagonal orthobirotunda is als ...

, * pentagonal gyrobirotunda, which is also called an

icosidodecahedron In geometry, an icosidodecahedron is a polyhedron with twenty (''icosi'') triangular faces and twelve (''dodeca'') pentagonal faces. An icosidodecahedron has 30 identical vertices, with two triangles and two pentagons meeting at each, and 60 ...

. Other forms can be generated with

dihedral symmetry In mathematics, a dihedral group is the group of symmetries of a regular polygon, which includes rotations and reflections. Dihedral groups are among the simplest examples of finite groups, and they play an important role in group theory, ...

and distorted equilateral pentagons.

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* Norman W. Johnson, "Convex Solids with Regular Faces", Canadian Journal of Mathematics, 18, 1966, pages 169–200. Contains the original enumeration of the 92 solids and the conjecture that there are no others. * The first proof that there are only 92 Johnson solids. {{polyhedron navigator Johnson solids

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