Compound of six square antiprisms
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| Compound of six square antiprisms | |
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| Type | Uniform compound |
| Index | UC43 |
| Polyhedra | 6 square antiprisms |
| Faces | 48 triangles, 12 squares |
| Edges | 96 |
| Vertices | 48 |
| Symmetry group | octahedral (Oh) |
| Subgroup restricting to one constituent | 4-fold dihedral (D4) |
This uniform polyhedron compound is a symmetric arrangement of 6 square antiprisms, aligned in pairs with the three axes of 4-fold rotational symmetry of a cube. It results from composing the two enantiomers of the compound of 3 square antiprisms.
[edit] References
- John Skilling, Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. 79, pp. 447-457, 1976.
