In
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 ...
, there are seven uniform and uniform dual polyhedra named as ditrigonal.
Ditrigonal vertex figures
There are five uniform ditrigonal polyhedra, all with icosahedral symmetry.
[Har'El, 1993]
The three
uniform star polyhedron
In geometry, a uniform star polyhedron is a self-intersecting uniform polyhedron. They are also sometimes called nonconvex polyhedra to imply self-intersecting. Each polyhedron can contain either star polygon faces, star polygon vertex figures, ...
with
Wythoff symbol
In geometry, the Wythoff symbol is a notation representing a Wythoff construction of a uniform polyhedron or plane tiling within a Schwarz triangle. It was first used by Coxeter, Longuet-Higgins and Miller in their enumeration of the uniform pol ...
of the form 3 , ''p'' ''q'' or , ''p'' ''q'' are ditrigonal, at least if ''p'' and ''q'' are not 2. Each polyhedron includes two types of faces, being of
triangle
A triangle is a polygon with three Edge (geometry), edges and three Vertex (geometry), vertices. It is one of the basic shapes in geometry. A triangle with vertices ''A'', ''B'', and ''C'' is denoted \triangle ABC.
In Euclidean geometry, an ...
s,
pentagon
In geometry, a pentagon (from the 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 pentagon is 540°.
A pentagon may be simpl ...
s, or
pentagram
A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a convex (or simple, or non-self-intersecting) regular pentagon. Drawing a circle aroun ...
s. Their
s are of the form ''p''.''q''.''p''.''q''.''p''.''q'' or (''p''.''q'')
3 with a symmetry of order 3. Here, term ditrigonal refers to a
hexagon
In geometry, a hexagon (from Ancient Greek, Greek , , meaning "six", and , , meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon. The total of the internal angles of any simple polygon, simple (non-self-intersecting) hexagon is 720°.
Regular hexa ...
having a symmetry of order 3 (triangular symmetry) acting with 2 rotational orbits on the 6 angles of the vertex figure (the word ''ditrigonal'' means "having two sets of 3 angles").
Uniform Polyhedron
Mathworld (retrieved 10 June 2016)
Other uniform ditrigonal polyhedra
The small ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron and the great ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron are also uniform.
Their duals are respectively the small ditrigonal dodecacronic hexecontahedron and great ditrigonal dodecacronic hexecontahedron.
See also
*Small complex icosidodecahedron
In geometry, the small complex icosidodecahedron is a degenerate uniform star polyhedron. Its edges are doubled, making it degenerate. The star has 32 faces (20 triangles and 12 pentagons), 60 (doubled) edges and 12 vertices and 4 sharing faces. ...
*Great complex icosidodecahedron
In geometry, the great complex icosidodecahedron is a degenerate uniform star polyhedron. It has 12 vertices, and 60 (doubled) edges, and 32 faces, 12 pentagrams and 20 triangles. All edges are doubled (making it degenerate), sharing 4 faces, but ...
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Coxeter, H.S.M., M.S. Longuet-Higgins and J.C.P Miller, Uniform Polyhedra, ''Phil. Trans.'' 246 A (1954) pp. 401–450.
* Har'El, Z
''Uniform Solution for Uniform Polyhedra.''
Geometriae Dedicata 47, 57–110, 1993
Zvi Har’ElKaleido software
Further reading
*Johnson, N.; ''The Theory of Uniform Polytopes and Honeycombs'', Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 196
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