Diminished trapezohedron

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Diminished trapezohedron
Diminished square trapezohedron.png
Example square form
Faces n kites
n triangles
1 n-gon
Edges 4n
Vertices 2n + 1
Symmetry group Cnv, [n], (*nn)
Rotation group Cn, [n]+, (nn)
Dual polyhedron self-dual
Properties convex

In geometry, a diminished trapezohedron is a polyhedron in an infinite set of polyhedra, constructed by removing one of the polar vertices of a trapezohedron and replacing it by a new face (diminishment). It has one regular n-gonal base face, n triangle faces around the base, and n kites meeting on top. The kites can also be replaced by rhombi with specific proportions.

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Along with the set of pyramids and elongated pyramids, these figures are topologically self-dual.

It can also be seen as an augmented n-gonal antiprism, with a n-gonal pyramid augmented onto one of the n-gonal faces, and whose height is adjusted so the upper antiprism triangle faces can be made coparallel to the pyramid faces and merged into kite-shaped faces.

They're also related to the gyroelongated pyramids, as augmented antiprisms and which are Johnson solids for n = 4, 5. This sequence has sets of two triangles instead of kite faces.

Examples

Diminished trapezohedra
SymmetryC3vC4vC5vC6vC7vC8v ...
Image Diminished trigonal trapezohedron.png Diminished square trapezohedron.png Diminished pentagonal trapezohedron.png Diminished hexagonal trapezohedron.png Diminished heptagonal trapezohedron.png
Rhombic
form
Rhombic diminished trigonal trapezohedron.png Rhombic diminished square trapezohedron.png Rhombic diminished pentagonal trapezohedron.png Rhombic diminished hexagonal trapezohedron.png Rhombic diminished heptagonal trapezohedron.png Rhombic diminished octagonal trapezohedron.png
Net Rhombic diminished trigonal trapezohedron net.png Rhombic diminished square trapezohedron net.png Rhombic diminished pentagonal trapezohedron net.png Rhombic diminished hexagonal trapezohedron net.png Rhombic diminished heptagonal trapezohedron net.png Rhombic diminished octagonal trapezohedron net.png
Faces3 trapezoids
3+1 triangles
4 trapezoids
4 triangles
1 square
5 trapezoids
5 triangles
1 pentagon
6 trapezoids
6 triangles
1 hexagon
7 trapezoids
7 triangles
1 heptagon
8 trapezoids
7 triangles
1 octagon
Edges121620242832
Vertices7911131517
Trapezohedra
SymmetryD3dD4dD5dD6dD7dD8d
Image Trigonal trapezohedron.png
3
Tetragonal trapezohedron.png
4
Pentagonal trapezohedron.png
5
Hexagonal trapezohedron.png
6
Faces3+3 rhombi
(Or squares)
4+4 kites5+5 kites6+6 kites7+7 kites
Edges1216202428
Vertices810121416
Gyroelongated pyramid or (augmented antiprisms)
SymmetryC3vC4vC5vC6vC7vC8v
Image Augmented octahedron.png
3
Gyroelongated square pyramid.png
4
Gyroelongated pentagonal pyramid.png
5
Augmented hexagonal antiprism flat.png
6
Faces9+1 triangles12 triangles
1 squares
15 triangles
1 pentagon
18 triangles
1 hexagon

Special cases

There are three special case geometries of the diminished trigonal trapezohedron. The simplest is a diminished cube. The Chestahedron, named after artist Frank Chester, is constructed with equilateral triangles around the base, and the geometry adjusted so the kite faces have the same area as the equilateral triangles. [1] [2] The last can be seen by augmenting a regular tetrahedron and an octahedron, leaving 10 equilateral triangle faces, and then merging 3 sets of coparallel equilateral triangular faces into 3 (60 degree) rhombic faces. It can also be seen as a tetrahedron with 3 of 4 of its vertices rectified. The three rhombic faces fold out flat to form half of a hexagram.

Diminished trigonal trapezohedron variations
Heptahedron topology #31
Diminished cube
Chestahedron
(Equal area faces)
Augmented octahedron
(Equilateral faces)
Heptahedron31.svg Chesahedron transparent.png Augmented octahedron.png
Diminished Cube Net.png Chestahedron net.png Augmented octahedgon net.png
3 squares
3 45-45-90 triangles
1 equilateral triangle face
3 kite faces
3+1 equilateral triangle faces
3 60 degree rhombic faces
3+1 equilateral triangle faces

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References

  1. "Chestahedron Geometry". The Art & Science of Frank Chester. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  2. Donke, Hans-Joakim (March 2011). "Transforming a Tetrahedron into a Chestahedron". Wolfram Alpha. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 22 January 2020.