Hexagonal antiprism
Antiprism with 6-sided caps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In geometry, the hexagonal antiprism is the 4th in an infinite set of antiprisms formed by an even-numbered sequence of triangle sides closed by two polygon caps.
Uniform hexagonal antiprism | |
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Type | Prismatic uniform polyhedron |
Elements | F = 14, E = 24 V = 12 (χ = 2) |
Faces by sides | 12{3}+2{6} |
Schläfli symbol | s{2,12} sr{2,6} |
Wythoff symbol | | 2 2 6 |
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Symmetry group | D6d, [2+,12], (2*6), order 24 |
Rotation group | D6, [6,2]+, (622), order 12 |
References | U77(d) |
Dual | Hexagonal trapezohedron |
Properties | convex |
![]() Vertex figure 3.3.3.6 |
Antiprisms are similar to prisms except the bases are twisted relative to each other, and that the side faces are triangles, rather than quadrilaterals.
In the case of a regular n-sided base, one usually considers the case where its copy is twisted by an angle 180°/n. Extra regularity is obtained by the line connecting the base centers being perpendicular to the base planes, making it a right antiprism. As faces, it has the two n-gonal bases and, connecting those bases, 2n isosceles triangles.
If faces are all regular, it is a semiregular polyhedron.
A crossed hexagonal antiprism is a star polyhedron, topologically identical to the convex hexagonal antiprism with the same vertex arrangement, but it can't be made uniform; the sides are isosceles triangles. Its vertex configuration is 3.3/2.3.6, with one triangle retrograde. It has D6d symmetry, order 24.
The hexagonal faces can be replaced by coplanar triangles, leading to a nonconvex polyhedron with 24 equilateral triangles.
Antiprism name | Digonal antiprism | (Trigonal) Triangular antiprism |
(Tetragonal) Square antiprism |
Pentagonal antiprism | Hexagonal antiprism | Heptagonal antiprism | ... | Apeirogonal antiprism |
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Vertex config. | 2.3.3.3 | 3.3.3.3 | 4.3.3.3 | 5.3.3.3 | 6.3.3.3 | 7.3.3.3 | ... | ∞.3.3.3 |
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