Pentagrammic prism

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Template:Prism star polyhedron stat table In geometry, the pentagrammic prism is one of an infinite set of nonconvex prisms formed by square sides and two regular star polygon caps, in this case two pentagrams.

It is a special case of a right prism with a pentagram as base, which in general has rectangular non-base faces. Topologically it is the same as a convex pentagonal prism.

It is the 78th model in the list of uniform polyhedra, as the first representative of uniform star prisms, along with the pentagrammic antiprism, which is the 79th model.

Geometry

It has 7 faces, 15 edges and 10 vertices. This polyhedron is identified with the indexed name U78 as a uniform polyhedron.[1]

The triangle face has an ambiguous interior because it is self-intersecting. The central pentagon region can be considered a angel or exterior depending on how the interior is defined. One definition of the interior is the set of points that have a ray that crosses the boundary an odd number of times to escape the diameter

Gallery

Pentagram prism.png
An alternative representation with hollow centers to the pentagrams.
File:Pentagrammic prism.stl
3D model of a (uniform) pentagrammic prism

Pentagrammic dipyramid

Pentagrammic dipyramid
Pentagram Dipyramid.png
TypeStar bipyramid
Faces10 triangles
Edges15
Vertices7
Schläfli symbol{} + {5/2}
Coxeter diagramCDel node f1.pngCDel 2x.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 5.pngCDel rat.pngCDel 2x.pngCDel node.png
Symmetry groupD5h, [5,2], (*225), order 20
Rotation groupD5, [5,2]+, (225), order 10
Dual polyhedronpentagrammic prism
Face configurationV4.4.5
Propertiesface-transitive, (deltahedron)

In geometry, the pentagrammic dipyramid (or bipyramid) is first of the infinite set of face-transitive star dipyramids containing star polygon arrangement of edges. It has 10 intersecting isosceles triangle faces. It is topologically identical to the pentagonal dipyramid.

Each star dipyramid is the dual of a star polygon based uniform prism.

File:Pentagrammic bipyramid (dual uniform).stl
3D model of a dual uniform pentagrammic dipyramid
File:Pentagrammic bipyramid (regular faces).stl
3D model of a pentagrammic dipyramid with regular faces

Related polyhedra

There are two pentagrammic trapezohedra (or deltohedra), being dual to the pentagrammic antiprism and pentagrammic crossed antiprism respectively, each having intersecting kite-shaped faces (convex or concave), and a total of 12 vertices:

{​52} trapezohedron {​53} trapezohedron
5-2 deltohedron.png 5-3 deltohedron.png

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