Compound of eight triangular prisms
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| Compound of eight triangular prisms | |
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| Type | Uniform compound |
| Index | UC31 |
| Polyhedra | 8 triangular prisms |
| Faces | 16 triangles, 24 squares |
| Edges | 72 |
| Vertices | 48 |
| Symmetry group | octahedral (Oh) |
| Subgroup restricting to one constituent | 3-fold dihedral (D3) |
This uniform polyhedron compound is a symmetric arrangement of 8 triangular prisms, aligned in pairs with the axes of three-fold rotational symmetry of an octahedron. It results from composing the two enantiomorphs of the compound of 4 triangular prisms.
[edit] References
- John Skilling, Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. 79, pp. 447-457, 1976.
