List of uniform polyhedra by vertex figure

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Polyhedron
ClassNumber and properties
Platonic solids
(5, convex, regular)
Archimedean solids
(13, convex, uniform)
Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra
(4, regular, non-convex)
Uniform polyhedra
(75, uniform)
Prismatoid:
prisms, antiprisms etc.
(4 infinite uniform classes)
Polyhedra tilings (11 regular, in the plane)
Quasi-regular polyhedra
(8)
Johnson solids (92, convex, non-uniform)
Bipyramids (infinite)
Pyramids (infinite)
Stellations Stellations
Polyhedral compounds (5 regular)
Deltahedra (Deltahedra,
equilateral triangle faces)
Snub polyhedra
(12 uniform, not mirror image)
Zonohedron (Zonohedra,
faces have 180°symmetry)
Dual polyhedron
Self-dual polyhedron (infinite)
Catalan solid (13, Archimedean dual)

There are many relations among the uniform polyhedra. [1] [2] [3] Some are obtained by truncating the vertices of the regular or quasi-regular polyhedron. Others share the same vertices and edges as other polyhedron. The grouping below exhibit some of these relations.

Contents

The vertex figure of a polyhedron

The relations can be made apparent by examining the vertex figures obtained by listing the faces adjacent to each vertex (remember that for uniform polyhedra all vertices are the same, that is vertex-transitive). For example, the cube has vertex figure 4.4.4, which is to say, three adjacent square faces. The possible faces are

Some faces will appear with reverse orientation which is written here as

Others pass through the origin which we write as

The Wythoff symbol relates the polyhedron to spherical triangles. Wythoff symbols are written p|q r, p q|r, p q r| where the spherical triangle has angles π/p,π/q,π/r, the bar indicates the position of the vertices in relation to the triangle.

Example vertex figures Vertex figures.png
Example vertex figures

Johnson (2000) classified uniform polyhedra according to the following:

  1. Regular (regular polygonal vertex figures): pq, Wythoff symbol q|p 2
  2. Quasi-regular (rectangular or ditrigonal vertex figures): p.q.p.q 2|p q, or p.q.p.q.p.q, Wythoff symbol 3|p q
  3. Versi-regular (orthodiagonal vertex figures), p.q*.-p.q*, Wythoff symbol q q|p
  4. Truncated regular (isosceles triangular vertex figures): p.p.q, Wythoff symbol q 2|p
  5. Versi-quasi-regular (dipteroidal vertex figures), p.q.p.r Wythoff symbol q r|p
  6. Quasi-quasi-regular (trapezoidal vertex figures): p*.q.p*.-r q.r|p or p.q*.-p.q* p q r|
  7. Truncated quasi-regular (scalene triangular vertex figures), p.q.r Wythoff symbol p q r|
  8. Snub quasi-regular (pentagonal, hexagonal, or octagonal vertex figures), Wythoff symbol p q r|
  9. Prisms (truncated hosohedra),
  10. Antiprisms and crossed antiprisms (snub dihedra)

The format of each figure follows the same basic pattern

  1. image of polyhedron
  2. name of polyhedron
  3. alternate names (in brackets)
  4. Wythoff symbol
  5. Numbering systems: W - number used by Wenninger in polyhedra models , U - uniform indexing, K - Kaleido indexing, C - numbering used in Coxeter et al. 'Uniform Polyhedra'.
  6. Number of vertices V, edges E, Faces F and number of faces by type.
  7. Euler characteristic χ = V - E + F

The vertex figures are on the left, followed by the Point groups in three dimensions#The seven remaining point groups, either tetrahedral Td, octahedral Oh or icosahedral Ih.

Truncated forms

Regular polyhedra and their truncated forms

Column A lists all the regular polyhedra, column B list their truncated forms. Regular polyhedra all have vertex figures pr: p.p.p etc. and Wythoff symbol p|q r. The truncated forms have vertex figure q.q.r (where q=2p and r) and Wythoff p q|r.

vertex figuregroupA: regular: p.p.pB: truncated regular: p.p.r

Tetrahedron vertfig.svg
3.3.3
Truncated tetrahedron vertfig.png
3.6.6

Td

Tetrahedron.svg
Tetrahedron
3|2 3
W1, U01, K06, C15
V 4,E 6,F 4=4{3}
χ=2

Truncatedtetrahedron.jpg
Truncated tetrahedron
2 3|3
W6, U02, K07, C16
V 12,E 18,F 8=4{3}+4{6}
χ=2

Octahedron vertfig.svg
3.3.3.3

Truncated octahedron vertfig.png
4.6.6

Oh

Octahedron.svg
Octahedron
4|2 3, 34
W2, U05, K10, C17
V 6,E 12,F 8=8{3}
χ=2

Truncatedoctahedron.jpg
Truncated octahedron
2 4|3
W7, U08, K13, C20
V 24,E 36,F 14=6{4}+8{6}
χ=2

Cube vertfig.png
4.4.4

Truncated cube vertfig.svg
3.8.8

Oh

Hexahedron.svg
Hexahedron
(Cube)
3|2 4
W3, U06, K11, C18
V 8,E 12,F 6=6{4}
χ=2

Truncatedhexahedron.svg
Truncated hexahedron
2 3|4
W8, U09, K14, C21
V 24,E 36,F 14=8{3}+6{8}
χ=2

Icosahedron vertfig.png
3.3.3.3.3
Truncated icosahedron vertfig.png
5.6.6

Ih

Icosahedron.svg
Icosahedron
5|2 3
W4, U22, K27, C25
V 12,E 30,F 20=20{3}
χ=2

Truncatedicosahedron.jpg
Truncated icosahedron
2 5|3
W9, U25, K30, C27
E 60,V 90,F 32=12{5}+20{6}
χ=2

Dodecahedron vertfig.png
5.5.5

Truncated dodecahedron vertfig.png
3.10.10

Ih

POV-Ray-Dodecahedron.svg
Dodecahedron
3|2 5
W5, U23, K28, C26
V 20,E 30,F 12=12{5}
χ=2

Truncateddodecahedron.jpg
Truncated dodecahedron
2 3|5
W10, U26, K31, C29
V 60,E 90,F 32=20{3}+12{10}
χ=2

Great dodecahedron vertfig.png
5.5.5.5.5
Truncated great dodecahedron vertfig.png
5/2.10.10

Ih

Great dodecahedron.png
Great dodecahedron
5/2|2 5
W21, U35, K40, C44
V 12,E 30,F 12=12{5}
χ=-6

Great truncated dodecahedron.png
Truncated great dodecahedron
25/2|5
W75, U37, K42, C47
V 60,E 90,F 24=12{5/2}+12{10}
χ=-6

Great icosahedron vertfig.svg
3.3.3.3.3

Great truncated icosahedron vertfig.png
5/2.6.6.

Ih

Great icosahedron.png
Great icosahedron
(16th stellation of icosahedron)
5/2|2 3
W41, U53, K58, C69
V 12,E 30,F 20=20{3}
χ=2

Great truncated icosahedron.png
Great truncated icosahedron
25/2|3
W95, U55, K60, C71
V 60,E 90,F 32=12{5/2}+20{6}
χ=2

Small stellated dodecahedron vertfig.png
5/2.5/2.5/2.5/2.5/2

Ih

Small stellated dodecahedron.png
Small stellated dodecahedron
5|25/2
W20, U34, K39, C43
V 12,E 30,F 12=12{5/2}
χ=-6

Great stellated dodecahedron vertfig.png
5/2.5/2.5/2

Ih

Great stellated dodecahedron.png
Great stellated dodecahedron
3|25/2
W22, U52, K57, C68
V 20,E 30,F 12=12{5/2}
χ=2

In addition there are three quasi-truncated forms. These also class as truncated-regular polyhedra.

vertex figuresGroup OhGroup IhGroup Ih

Stellated truncated hexahedron vertfig.png
3.8/3.8/3
Small stellated truncated dodecahedron vertfig.png
5.10/3.10/3
Great stellated truncated dodecahedron vertfig.png
3.10/3.10/3

Stellated truncated hexahedron.png
Stellated truncated hexahedron
(Quasitruncated hexahedron)
(stellatruncated cube)
2 3|4/3
W92, U19, K24, C66
V 24,E 36,F 14=8{3}+6{8/3}
χ=2

Small stellated truncated dodecahedron.png
Small stellated truncated dodecahedron
(Quasitruncated small stellated dodecahedron)
(Small stellatruncated dodecahedron)
2 5|5/3
W97, U58, K63
V 60,E 90,F 24=12{5}+12{10/3}
χ=-6

Great stellated truncated dodecahedron.png
Great stellated truncated dodecahedron
(Quasitruncated great stellated dodecahedron)
(Great stellatruncated dodecahedron)
2 3|5/3
W104, U66, K71, C83
V 60,E 90,F 32=20{3}+12{10/3}
χ=2

Truncated forms of quasi-regular polyhedra

Column A lists some quasi-regular polyhedra, column B lists normal truncated forms, column C shows quasi-truncated forms, column D shows a different method of truncation. These truncated forms all have a vertex figure p.q.r and a Wythoff symbol p q r|.

vertex figuregroupA: quasi-regular: p.q.p.qB: truncated quasi-regular: p.q.rC: truncated quasi-regular: p.q.rD: truncated quasi-regular: p.q.r
Cuboctahedron vertfig.png
3.4.3.4

Great rhombicuboctahedron vertfig.png
4.6.8
Great truncated cuboctahedron vertfig.png
4.6.8/3
Cubitruncated cuboctahedron vertfig.png
8.6.8/3

Oh

Cuboctahedron.svg
Cuboctahedron
2|3 4
W11, U07, K12, C19
V 12,E 24,F 14=8{3}+6{4}
χ=2

Truncatedcuboctahedron.jpg
Truncated cuboctahedron
(Great rhombicuboctahedron)
2 3 4|
W15, U11, K16, C23
V 48,E 72,F 26=12{4}+8{6}+6{8}
χ=2

Great truncated cuboctahedron.png
Great truncated cuboctahedron
(Quasitruncated cuboctahedron)
2 34/3|
W93, U20, K25, C67
V 48,E 72,F 26=12{4}+8{6}+6{8/3}
χ=2

Cubitruncated cuboctahedron.png
Cubitruncated cuboctahedron
(Cuboctatruncated cuboctahedron)
3 44/3|
W79, U16, K21, C52
V 48,E 72,F 20=8{6}+6{8}+6{8/3}
χ=-4

Icosidodecahedron vertfig.png
3.5.3.5

Great rhombicosidodecahedron vertfig.png
4.6.10
Great truncated icosidodecahedron vertfig.png
4.6.10/3
Icositruncated dodecadodecahedron vertfig.png
10.6.10/3

Ih

Icosidodecahedron.svg
Icosidodecahedron
2|3 5
W12, U24, K29, C28
V 30,E 60,F 32=20{3}+12{5}
χ=2

Truncatedicosidodecahedron.jpg
Truncated icosidodecahedron
(Great rhombicosidodecahedron)
2 3 5|
W16, U28, K33, C31
V 120,E 180,F 62=30{4}+20{6}+12{10}
χ=2

Great truncated icosidodecahedron.png
Great truncated icosidodecahedron
(Great quasitruncated icosidodecahedron)
2 35/3|
W108, U68, K73, C87
V 120,E 180,F 62=30{4}+20{6}+12{10/3}
χ=2

Icositruncated dodecadodecahedron.png
Icositruncated dodecadodecahedron
(Icosidodecatruncated icosidodecahedron)
3 55/3|
W84, U45, K50, C57
V 120,E 180,F 44=20{6}+12{10}+12{10/3}
χ=-16

Dodecadodecahedron vertfig.png
5/2.5.5/2.5
Truncated dodecadodecahedron vertfig.png
4.10.10/3

Ih

Dodecadodecahedron.png
Dodecadodecahedron
2 5|5/2
W73, U36, K41, C45
V 30,E 60, F 24=12{5}+12{5/2}
χ=-6

Truncated dodecadodecahedron.png
Truncated dodecadodecahedron
(Quasitruncated dodecahedron)
2 55/3|
W98, U59, K64, C75
V 120,E 180,F 54=30{4}+12{10}+12{10/3}
χ=-6

Great icosidodecahedron vertfig.png

3.5/2.3.5/2

Ih

Great icosidodecahedron.png
Great icosidodecahedron
2 3|5/2
W94, U54, K59, C70
V 30,E 60, F 32=20{3}+12{5/2}
χ=2

Polyhedra sharing edges and vertices

Regular

These are all mentioned elsewhere, but this table shows some relations. They are all regular apart from the tetrahemihexahedron which is versi-regular.

vertex figureVEgroupregularregular/versi-regular
Octahedron vertfig.svg
3.3.3.3

3.4*.-3.4*

612Oh

Octahedron.svg
Octahedron
4|2 3
W2, U05, K10, C17
F 8=8{3}
χ=2

Tetrahemihexahedron.png
Tetrahemihexahedron
3/23|2
W67, U04, K09, C36
F 7=4{3}+3{4}
χ=1

Icosahedron vertfig.png
3.3.3.3.3
Great dodecahedron vertfig.png
5.5.5.5.5

1230Ih

Icosahedron.svg
Icosahedron
5|2 3
W4, U22, K27
F 20=20{3}
χ=2

Great dodecahedron.png
Great dodecahedron
5/2|2 5
W21, U35, K40, C44
F 12=12{5}
χ=-6

Small stellated dodecahedron vertfig.png
5/2.5/2.5/2.5/2.5/2
Great icosahedron vertfig.svg
3.3.3.3.3

1230Ih

Small stellated dodecahedron.png
Small stellated dodecahedron
5|25/2
W20, U34, K39, C43
F 12=12{5/2}
χ=-6

Great icosahedron.png
Great icosahedron
(16th stellation of icosahedron)
5/2|2 3
W41, U53, K58, C69
F 20=20{3}
χ=2

Quasi-regular and versi-regular

Rectangular vertex figures, or crossed rectangles first column are quasi-regular second and third columns are hemihedra with faces passing through the origin, called versi-regular by some authors.

vertex figureVEgroupquasi-regular: p.q.p.qversi-regular: p.s*.-p.s*versi-regular: q.s*.-q.s*
Cuboctahedron vertfig.png

3.4.3.4
3.6*.-3.6*
4.6*.-4.6*

1224Oh

Cuboctahedron.svg
Cuboctahedron
2|3 4
W11, U07, K12, C19
F 14=8{3}+6{4}
χ=2

Octahemioctahedron.png
Octahemioctahedron
3/23|3
W68, U03, K08, C37
F 12=8{3}+4{6}
χ=0

Cubohemioctahedron.png
Cubohemioctahedron
4/34|3
W78, U15, K20, C51
F 10=6{4}+4{6}
χ=-2

Icosidodecahedron vertfig.png

3.5.3.5
3.10*.-3.10*
5.10*.-5.10*

3060Ih

Icosidodecahedron.svg
Icosidodecahedron
2|3 5
W12, U24, K29, C28
F 32=20{3}+12{5}
χ=2

Small icosihemidodecahedron.png
Small icosihemidodecahedron
3/23|5
W89, U49, K54, C63
F 26=20{3}+6{10}
χ=-4

Small dodecahemidodecahedron.png
Small dodecahemidodecahedron
5/45|5
W91, U51, K56, 65
F 18=12{5}+6{10}
χ=-12

Great icosidodecahedron vertfig.png

3.5/2.3.5/2
3.10*.-3.10*
5/2.10*.-5/2.10*

3060Ih

Great icosidodecahedron.png
Great icosidodecahedron
2|5/23
W94, U54, K59, C70
F 32=20{3}+12{5/2}
χ=2

Great icosihemidodecahedron.png
Great icosihemidodecahedron
3 3|5/3
W106, U71, K76, C85
F 26=20{3}+6{10/3}
χ=-4

Great dodecahemidodecahedron.png
Great dodecahemidodecahedron
5/35/2|5/3
W107, U70, K75, C86
F 18=12{5/2}+6{10/3}
χ=-12

Dodecadodecahedron vertfig.png

5.5/2.5.5/2
5.6*.-5.6*
5/2.6*.-5/2.6*

3060Ih

Dodecadodecahedron.png
Dodecadodecahedron
2|5/25
W73, U36, K41, C45
F 24=12{5}+12{5/2}
χ=-6

Great dodecahemicosahedron.png
Great dodecahemicosahedron
5/45|3
W102, U65, K70, C81
F 22=12{5}+10{6}
χ=-8

Small dodecahemicosahedron.png
Small dodecahemicosahedron
5/35/2|3
W100, U62, K67, C78
F 22=12{5/2}+10{6}
χ=-8

Ditrigonal regular and versi-regular

Ditrigonal (that is di(2) -tri(3)-ogonal) vertex figures are the 3-fold analog of a rectangle. These are all quasi-regular as all edges are isomorphic. The compound of 5-cubes shares the same set of edges and vertices. The cross forms have a non-orientable vertex figure so the "-" notation has not been used and the "*" faces pass near rather than through the origin.

vertex figureVEgroupditrigonalcrossed-ditrigonalcrossed-ditrigonal
Small ditrigonal icosidodecahedron vertfig.png

5/2.3.5/2.3.5/2.3
5/2.5*.5/2.5*.5/2.5*
3.5*.3.5*.3.5*

2060Ih

Small ditrigonal icosidodecahedron.png
Small ditrigonal icosidodecahedron
3|5/23
W70, U30, K35, C39
F 32=20{3}+12{5/2}
χ=-8

Ditrigonal dodecadodecahedron.png
Ditrigonal dodecadodecahedron
3|5/35
W80, U41, K46, C53
F 24=12{5}+12{5/2}
χ=-16

Great ditrigonal icosidodecahedron.png
Great ditrigonal icosidodecahedron
3/2|3 5
W87, U47, K52, C61
F 32=20{3}+12{5}
χ=-8

versi-quasi-regular and quasi-quasi-regular

Group III: trapezoid or crossed trapezoid vertex figures. The first column include the convex rhombic polyhedra, created by inserting two squares into the vertex figures of the Cuboctahedron and Icosidodecahedron.

vertex figureVEgrouptrapezoid: p.q.r.qcrossed-trapezoid: p.s*.-r.s*crossed-trapezoid: q.s*.-q.s*
Small rhombicuboctahedron vertfig.png

3.4.4.4
3.8*.-4.8*
4.8*.-4.8*

2448Oh

Rhombicuboctahedron.jpg
Small rhombicuboctahedron
(rhombicuboctahedron)
3 4|2
W13, U10, K15, C22
F 26=8{3}+(6+12){4}
χ=2

Small cubicuboctahedron.png
Small cubicuboctahedron
3/24|4
W69, U13, K18, C38
F 20=8{3}+6{4}+6{8}
χ=-4

Small rhombihexahedron.png
Small rhombihexahedron
2 3/2 4|
W86, U18, K23, C60
F 18=12{4}+6{8}
χ=-6

Great cubicuboctahedron vertfig.png

3.8/3.4.8/3
3.4*.-4.4*
8/3.4*.-8/3.4*

2448Oh

Great cubicuboctahedron.png
Great cubicuboctahedron
3 4|4/3
W77, U14, K19, C50
F 20=8{3}+6{4}+6{8/3}
χ=-4

Uniform great rhombicuboctahedron.png
Nonconvex great rhombicuboctahedron
(Quasirhombicuboctahedron)
3/24|2
W85, U17, K22, C59
F 26=8{3}+(6+12){4}
χ=2

Great rhombihexahedron.png
Great rhombihexahedron
2 4/33/2|
W103, U21, K26, C82
F 18=12{4}+6{8/3}
χ=-6

Small rhombicosidodecahedron vertfig.png

3.4.5.4
3.10*.-5.10*
4.10*.-4.10*

60120Ih

Rhombicosidodecahedron.jpg
Small rhombicosidodecahedron
(rhombicosidodecahedron)
3 5|2
W14, U27, K32, C30
F 62=20{3}+30{4}+12{5}
χ=2

Small dodecicosidodecahedron.png
Small dodecicosidodecahedron
3/25|5
W72, U33, K38, C42
F 44=20{3}+12{5}+12{10}
χ=-16

Small rhombidodecahedron.png
Small rhombidodecahedron
25/25|
W74, U39, K44, C46
F 42=30{4}+12{10}
χ=-18

Rhombidodecadodecahedron vertfig.png

5/2.4.5.4
5/2.6*.-5.6*
4.6*.-4.6*

60120Ih

Rhombidodecadodecahedron.png
Rhombidodecadodecahedron
5/25|2
W76, U38, K43, C48
F 54=30{4}+12{5}+12{5/2}
χ=-6

Icosidodecadodecahedron.png
Icosidodecadodecahedron
5/35|3
W83, U44, K49, C56
F 44=12{5}+12{5/2}+20{6}
χ=-16

Rhombicosahedron.png
Rhombicosahedron
2 35/2|
W96, U56, K61, C72
F 50=30{4}+20{6}
χ=-10

Great dodecicosidodecahedron vertfig.png

3.10/3.5/2.10/3
3.4*.-5/2.4*
10/3.4*.-10/3.4*

60120Ih

Great dodecicosidodecahedron.png
Great dodecicosidodecahedron
5/23|5/3
W99, U61, K66, C77
F 44=20{3}+12{5/2}+12{10/3 }
χ=-16

Uniform great rhombicosidodecahedron.png
Nonconvex great rhombicosidodecahedron
(Quasirhombicosidodecahedron)
5/33|2
W105, U67, K72, C84
F 62=20{3}+30{4}+12{5/2}
χ=2

Great rhombidodecahedron.png
Great rhombidodecahedron
2 3/25/3|
W109, U73, K78, C89
F 42=30{4}+12{10/3}
χ=-18

Small icosicosidodecahedron vertfig.png

3.6.5/2.6
3.10*.-5/2.10*
6.10*.-6.10*

60120Ih

Small icosicosidodecahedron.png
Small icosicosidodecahedron
5/23|3
W71, U31, K36, C40
F 52=20{3}+12{5/2}+20{6}
χ=-8

Small ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron.png
Small ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron
5/33|5
W82, U43, K48, C55
F 44=20{3}+12{5/2}+12{10}
χ=-16

Small dodecicosahedron.png
Small dodecicosahedron
3 3/2 5|
W90, U50, K55, C64
F 32=20{6}+12{10}
χ=-28

Great ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron vertfig.png

3.10/3.5.10/3
3.6*.-5.6*
10/3.6*.-10/3.6*

60120Ih

Great ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron.png
Great ditrigonal dodecicosidodecahedron
3 5|5/3
W81, U42, K47, C54
F 44=20{3}+12{5}+12{10/3}
χ=-16

Great icosicosidodecahedron.png
Great icosicosidodecahedron
3/25|3
W88, U48, K53, C62
F 52=20{3}+12{5}+20{6}
χ=-8

Great dodecicosahedron.png
Great dodecicosahedron
3 5/35/2|
W101, U63, K68, C79
F 32=20{6}+12{10/3}
χ=-28

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In geometry, a uniform polyhedron has regular polygons as faces and is vertex-transitive—there is an isometry mapping any vertex onto any other. It follows that all vertices are congruent. Uniform polyhedra may be regular, quasi-regular, or semi-regular. The faces and vertices don't need to be convex, so many of the uniform polyhedra are also star polyhedra.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wythoff construction</span> In geometry, method for constructing a uniform polyhedron or plane tiling

In geometry, a Wythoff construction, named after mathematician Willem Abraham Wythoff, is a method for constructing a uniform polyhedron or plane tiling. It is often referred to as Wythoff's kaleidoscopic construction.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vertex configuration</span> Notation for a polyhedrons vertex figure

In geometry, a vertex configuration is a shorthand notation for representing the vertex figure of a polyhedron or tiling as the sequence of faces around a vertex. For uniform polyhedra there is only one vertex type and therefore the vertex configuration fully defines the polyhedron.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wythoff symbol</span> Notation for tesselations

In geometry, the Wythoff symbol is a notation representing a Wythoff construction of a uniform polyhedron or plane tiling within a Schwarz triangle. It was first used by Coxeter, Longuet-Higgins and Miller in their enumeration of the uniform polyhedra. Later the Coxeter diagram was developed to mark uniform polytopes and honeycombs in n-dimensional space within a fundamental simplex.

In geometry, a snub polyhedron is a polyhedron obtained by performing a snub operation: alternating a corresponding omnitruncated or truncated polyhedron, depending on the definition. Some, but not all, authors include antiprisms as snub polyhedra, as they are obtained by this construction from a degenerate "polyhedron" with only two faces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Small ditrigonal icosidodecahedron</span> Polyhedron with 32 faces

In geometry, the small ditrigonal icosidodecahedron (or small ditrigonary icosidodecahedron) is a nonconvex uniform polyhedron, indexed as U30. It has 32 faces (20 triangles and 12 pentagrams), 60 edges, and 20 vertices. It has extended Schläfli symbol a{5,3}, as an altered dodecahedron, and Coxeter diagram or .

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great dodecicosahedron</span> Polyhedron with 32 faces

In geometry, the great dodecicosahedron (or great dodekicosahedron) is a nonconvex uniform polyhedron, indexed as U63. It has 32 faces (20 hexagons and 12 decagrams), 120 edges, and 60 vertices. Its vertex figure is a crossed quadrilateral.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alternation (geometry)</span> Removal of alternate vertices

In geometry, an alternation or partial truncation, is an operation on a polygon, polyhedron, tiling, or higher dimensional polytope that removes alternate vertices.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uniform polytope</span> Isogonal polytope with uniform facets

In geometry, a uniform polytope of dimension three or higher is a vertex-transitive polytope bounded by uniform facets. Here, "vertex-transitive" means that it has symmetries taking every vertex to every other vertex; the same must also be true within each lower-dimensional face of the polytope. In two dimensions a stronger definition is used: only the regular polygons are considered as uniform, disallowing polygons that alternate between two different lengths of edges.

In geometry, a quasiregular polyhedron is a uniform polyhedron that has exactly two kinds of regular faces, which alternate around each vertex. They are vertex-transitive and edge-transitive, hence a step closer to regular polyhedra than the semiregular, which are merely vertex-transitive.

In geometry, a hemipolyhedron is a uniform star polyhedron some of whose faces pass through its center. These "hemi" faces lie parallel to the faces of some other symmetrical polyhedron, and their count is half the number of faces of that other polyhedron – hence the "hemi" prefix.

In geometry, an omnitruncated polyhedron is a truncated quasiregular polyhedron. When they are alternated, they produce the snub polyhedra.

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

In geometry, many uniform tilings on sphere, euclidean plane, and hyperbolic plane can be made by Wythoff construction within a fundamental triangle,, defined by internal angles as π/p, π/q, and π/r. Special cases are right triangles. Uniform solutions are constructed by a single generator point with 7 positions within the fundamental triangle, the 3 corners, along the 3 edges, and the triangle interior. All vertices exist at the generator, or a reflected copy of it. Edges exist between a generator point and its image across a mirror. Up to 3 face types exist centered on the fundamental triangle corners. Right triangle domains can have as few as 1 face type, making regular forms, while general triangles have at least 2 triangle types, leading at best to a quasiregular tiling.

References

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