Gyroelongated cupola

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Set of gyroelongated cupolae
Gyroelongated pentagonal cupola.png
Example of a pentagonal form
Faces5n triangles
n squares
1 n-gon
1 2n-gon
Edges11n
Vertices5n
Symmetry group Cnv, [n], (*nn)
Rotational group Cn, [n]+, (nn)
Dual polyhedron
Propertiesconvex

In geometry, the gyroelongated cupolae are an infinite set of polyhedra, constructed by adjoining an n-gonal cupola to a 2n-gonal antiprism.

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There are three gyroelongated cupolae that are Johnson solids made from regular triangles, squares, and pentagons. Higher forms can be constructed with isosceles triangles. Adjoining a triangular prism to a square antiprism also generates a polyhedron, but has adjacent parallel faces, so is not a Johnson solid. The hexagonal form can be constructed from regular polygons, but the cupola faces are all in the same plane. Topologically other forms can be constructed without regular faces.

Forms

namefaces
Gyroelongated digonal cupola.png gyroelongated digonal cupola 10 triangles, 2+1 squares
Gyroelongated triangular cupola.png gyroelongated triangular cupola (J22)15+1 triangles, 3 squares, 1 hexagon
Gyroelongated square cupola.png gyroelongated square cupola (J23)20 triangles, 4+1 squares, 1 octagon
Gyroelongated pentagonal cupola.png gyroelongated pentagonal cupola (J24)25 triangles, 5 squares, 1 pentagon, 1 decagon
gyroelongated hexagonal cupola 30 triangles, 6 squares, 1 hexagon, 1 dodecagon

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