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, a prismatic compound of antiprism is a category of

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. Each member of this infinite family of

s is a symmetric arrangement of

antiprisms In geometry, an antiprism or is a polyhedron composed of two parallel direct copies (not mirror images) of an polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles. They are represented by the Conway notation . Antiprisms are a subclass ...

sharing a common axis of rotational symmetry.

Infinite family

This infinite family can be enumerated as follows: *For each positive integer ''n''≥1 and for each rational number ''p''/''q''>3/2 (expressed with ''p'' and ''q''

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), there occurs the compound of ''n'' ''p''/''q''-gonal antiprisms, with symmetry group: **D_''np''d if ''nq'' is odd **D_''np''h if ''nq'' is even Where ''p''/''q''=2, the component is the

tetrahedron In geometry, a tetrahedron (plural: tetrahedra or tetrahedrons), also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, six straight edges, and four vertex corners. The tetrahedron is the simplest of all the o ...

(or dyadic antiprism). In this case, if ''n''=2 then the compound is the

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, with higher symmetry (O_h).

Compounds of two antiprisms

Compounds of two ''n''-antiprisms share their vertices with a 2''n''-

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, and exist as two alternated set of vertices.

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for the vertices of an antiprism with ''n''-gonal bases and isosceles triangles are *

\left( \cos\frac, \sin\frac, (-1)^k h \right)

\left( \cos\frac, \sin\frac, (-1)^ h \right)

with ''k'' ranging from 0 to 2''n''−1; if the triangles are equilateral, :

2h^2=\cos\frac-\cos\frac.

Compound of two trapezohedra (duals)

The duals of the prismatic compound of antiprisms are compounds of

trapezohedra In geometry, an trapezohedron, -trapezohedron, -antidipyramid, -antibipyramid, or -deltohedron is the dual polyhedron of an antiprism. The faces of an are congruent and symmetrically staggered; they are called ''twisted kites''. With a hi ...

Compound of three antiprisms

For compounds of three digonal antiprisms, they are rotated 60 degrees, while three triangular antiprisms are rotated 40 degrees.

References

*. Polyhedral compounds {{polyhedron-stub