Great rhombihexahedron

Summary

Great rhombihexahedron
Type Uniform star polyhedron
Elements F = 18, E = 48
V = 24 (χ = −6)
Faces by sides 12{4}+6{8/3}
Coxeter diagram (with extra double-covered triangles)
(with extra double-covered squares)
Wythoff symbol 2 4/3 (3/2 4/2) |
Symmetry group Oh, [4,3], *432
Index references U21, C82, W103
Dual polyhedron Great rhombihexacron
Vertex figure
4.8/3.4/3.8/5
Bowers acronym Groh

In geometry, the great rhombihexahedron (or great rhombicube) is a nonconvex uniform polyhedron, indexed as U21. It has 18 faces (12 squares and 6 octagrams), 48 edges, and 24 vertices.[1] Its dual is the great rhombihexacron.[2] Its vertex figure is a crossed quadrilateral.

3D model of a great rhombihexahedron

Orthogonal projections edit

 

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Traditional filling
 
Modulo-2 filling

Related polyhedra edit

It shares the vertex arrangement with the convex truncated cube. It additionally shares its edge arrangement with the nonconvex great rhombicuboctahedron (having 12 square faces in common), and with the great cubicuboctahedron (having the octagrammic faces in common).

 
Truncated cube
 
Nonconvex great rhombicuboctahedron
 
Great cubicuboctahedron
 
Great rhombihexahedron

It may be constructed as the exclusive or (blend) of three octagrammic prisms. Similarly, the small rhombihexahedron may be constructed as the exclusive or of three octagonal prisms.

Great rhombihexacron edit

Great rhombihexacron
 
Type Star polyhedron
Face  
Elements F = 24, E = 48
V = 18 (χ = −6)
Symmetry group Oh, [4,3], *432
Index references DU21
dual polyhedron Great rhombihexahedron  
3D model of a great rhombihexacron

The great rhombihexacron is a nonconvex isohedral polyhedron. It is the dual of the uniform great rhombihexahedron (U21).[3] It has 24 identical bow-tie-shaped faces, 18 vertices, and 48 edges.

It has 12 outer vertices which have the same vertex arrangement as the cuboctahedron, and 6 inner vertices with the vertex arrangement of an octahedron.

As a surface geometry, it can be seen as visually similar to a Catalan solid, the disdyakis dodecahedron, with much taller rhombus-based pyramids joined to each face of a rhombic dodecahedron.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Maeder, Roman. "21: great rhombihexahedron". MathConsult.
  2. ^ Weisstein, Eric W. "Great Rhombihexahedron". MathWorld.
  3. ^ Weisstein, Eric W. "Great rhombihexacron". MathWorld.

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