Ditrigonal polyhedron explained

In geometry, there are seven uniform and uniform dual polyhedra named as ditrigonal.

Ditrigonal vertex figures

There are five uniform ditrigonal polyhedra, all with icosahedral symmetry.[1]

The three uniform star polyhedron with Wythoff symbol of the form 3 | p q or | p q are ditrigonal, at least if p and q are not 2. Each polyhedron includes two types of faces, being of triangles, pentagons, or pentagrams. Their vertex configurations are of the form p.q.p.q.p.q or (p.q)3 with a symmetry of order 3. Here, term ditrigonal refers to a hexagon having a symmetry of order 3 (triangular symmetry) acting with 2 rotational orbits on the 6 angles of the vertex figure (the word ditrigonal means "having two sets of 3 angles").[2]

TypeSmall ditrigonal icosidodecahedronDitrigonal dodecadodecahedronGreat ditrigonal icosidodecahedron
Image
Vertex figure
Vertex configuration3..3..3.5..5..5.(3.5.3.5.3.5)/2
Faces32
20, 12
24
12, 12
32
20, 12
Wythoff symbol3 | 5/2 3 3 | 5/3 53 | 3/2 5
Coxeter diagram

Other uniform ditrigonal polyhedra

The small ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron and the great ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron are also uniform.

Their duals are respectively the small ditrigonal dodecacronic hexecontahedron and great ditrigonal dodecacronic hexecontahedron.

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Notes and References

  1. Har'El, 1993
  2. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/UniformPolyhedron.html Uniform Polyhedron