Ten-of-diamonds decahedron

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Ten-of-diamonds decahedron
Ten-of-diamonds decahedron skew.png
Faces 8 triangles
2 rhombi
Edges 16
Vertices 8
Symmetry group D2d, order 8
Dual polyhedron Skew-truncated tetragonal disphenoid
Propertiesspace-filling

In geometry, the ten-of-diamonds decahedron is a space-filling polyhedron with 10 faces, 2 opposite rhombi with orthogonal major axes, connected by 8 identical isosceles triangle faces. Although it is convex, it is not a Johnson solid because its faces are not composed entirely of regular polygons. Michael Goldberg named it after a playing card, as a 10-faced polyhedron with two opposite rhombic (diamond-shaped) faces. He catalogued it in a 1982 paper as 10-II, the second in a list of 26 known space-filling decahedra. [1]

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Coordinates

If the space-filling polyhedron is placed in a 3-D coordinate grid, the coordinates for the 8 vertices can be given as: (0, ±2, −1), (±2, 0, 1), (±1, 0, −1), (0, ±1, 1).

Ten-of-diamonds decahedron in cube.png

Symmetry

The ten-of-diamonds has D2d symmetry, which projects as order-4 dihedral (square) symmetry in two dimensions. It can be seen as a triakis tetrahedron, with two pairs of coplanar triangles merged into rhombic faces. The dual is similar to a truncated tetrahedron, except two edges from the original tetrahedron are reduced to zero length making pentagonal faces. The dual polyhedra can be called a skew-truncated tetragonal disphenoid, where 2 edges along the symmetry axis completely truncated down to the edge midpoint.

Symmetric projection
Ten of diamondsRelatedDualRelated
Ten-of-diamonds decahedron solid.png
Solid faces
Ten-of-diamonds decahedron frame.png
Edges
Dual tetrahedron t01.png
triakis tetrahedron
Dual-ten-of-diamonds-solid.png
Solid faces
Dual-ten-of-diamonds-frame.png
Edges
3-simplex t01.svg
Truncated tetrahedron
v=8, e=16, f=10v=8, e=18, f=12v=10, e=16, f=8v=12, e=18, f=8

Honeycomb

Ten-of-diamonds honeycomb
Schläfli symbol dht1,2{4,3,4}
Coxeter diagram CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
CellTen-of-diamonds
Alternated bitruncated cubic honeycomb dual cell.png
Vertex figures dodecahedron
tetrahedron
Space
Fibrifold
Coxeter
I3 (204)
8−o
[[4,3+,4]]
Dual Alternated bitruncated cubic honeycomb
PropertiesCell-transitive

The ten-of-diamonds is used in the honeycomb with Coxeter diagram CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png, being the dual of an alternated bitruncated cubic honeycomb, CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png. Since the alternated bitruncated cubic honeycomb fills space by pyritohedral icosahedra, CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node h.png, and tetragonal disphenoidal tetrahedra, vertex figures of this honeycomb are their duals – pyritohedra, CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node fh.png and tetragonal disphenoids.

Cells can be seen as the cells of the tetragonal disphenoid honeycomb, CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png, with alternate cells removed and augmented into neighboring cells by a center vertex. The rhombic faces in the honeycomb are aligned along 3 orthogonal planes.

UniformDualAlternatedDual alternated
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
t1,2{4,3,4}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
dt1,2{4,3,4}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
ht1,2{4,3,4}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
dht1,2{4,3,4}
Bitruncated Cubic Honeycomb.svg
Bitruncated cubic honeycomb of truncated octahedral cells
Quartercell honeycomb.png
tetragonal disphenoid honeycomb
Alternated bitruncated cubic honeycomb.png Dual honeycomb of icosahedra and tetrahedra Ten-of-diamonds decahedron honeycomb.png
Ten-of-diamonds honeycomb
Ten-of-diamonds decahedron honeycomb2.png
Honeycomb structure orthogonally viewed along cubic plane

The ten-of-diamonds can be dissected in an octagonal cross-section between the two rhombic faces. It is a decahedron with 12 vertices, 20 edges, and 10 faces (4 triangles, 4 trapezoids, 1 rhombus, and 1 isotoxal octagon). Michael Goldberg labels this polyhedron 10-XXV, the 25th in a list of space-filling decahedra. [2]

The ten-of-diamonds can be dissected as a half-model on a symmetry plane into a space-filling heptahedron with 6 vertices, 11 edges, and 7 faces (6 triangles and 1 trapezoid). Michael Goldberg identifies this polyhedron as a triply truncated quadrilateral prism, type 7-XXIV, the 24th in a list of space-fillering heptahedra. [3]

It can be further dissected as a quarter-model by another symmetry plane into a space-filling hexahedron with 6 vertices, 10 edges, and 6 faces (4 triangles, 2 right trapezoids). Michael Goldberg identifies this polyhedron as an ungulated quadrilateral pyramid, type 6-X, the 10th in a list of space-filling hexahedron. [4]

Dissected models in symmetric projections
RelationDecahedral
half model
Heptahedral
half model
Hexahedral
quarter model
SymmetryC2v, order 4Cs, order 2C2, order 2
Edges Cuthalf-ten-of-diamonds-frame.png Half-ten-of-diamonds-frame.png Quarter ten-of-diamonds-frame.png
Net Cuthalf-ten-of-diamonds-net.png Half-ten-of-diamonds-net.png Quarter-ten-diamonds-net.png
Elementsv=12, e=20, f=10v=6, e=11, f=7v=6, e=10, f=6

Rhombic bowtie

Rhombic bowtie
Double-ten-of-diamonds-solid.png
Faces 16 triangles
2 rhombi
Edges 28
Vertices 12
Symmetry group D2h, order 8
Propertiesspace-filling
Net
Double-ten-of-diamonds-net.png

Pairs of ten-of-diamonds can be attached as a nonconvex bow-tie space-filler, called a rhombic bowtie for its cross-sectional appearance. The two right-most symmetric projections below show the rhombi edge-on on the top, bottom and a middle neck where the two halves are connected. The 2D projections can look convex or concave.

It has 12 vertices, 28 edges, and 18 faces (16 triangles and 2 rhombi) within D2h symmetry. These paired-cells stack more easily as inter-locking elements. Long sequences of these can be stacked together in 3 axes to fill space. [5]

The 12 vertex coordinates in a 2-unit cube. (further augmentations on the rhombi can be done with 2 unit translation in z.)

(0, ±1, −1), (±1, 0, 0), (0, ±1, 1),
(±1/2, 0, −1), (0, ±1/2, 0), (±1/2, 0, 1)
Bow-tie model (two ten-of-diamonds)
SkewSymmetric
Double-ten-of-diamonds-frame.png Double-ten-of-diamonds-frame1.png Double-ten-of-diamonds-frame4.png Double-ten-of-diamonds-frame2.png Double-ten-of-diamonds-frame3.png

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References

  1. Goldberg, Michael. On the Space-filling Decahedra. Structural Topology, 1982, num. Type 10-II
  2. On Space-filling Decahedra, type 10-XXV.
  3. Goldberg, Michael On the space-filling heptahedra Geometriae Dedicata, June 1978, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp 175–184 PDF type 7-XXIV
  4. Goldberg, Michael On the space-filling hexahedra Geom. Dedicata, June 1977, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp 99–108 PDF type 6-X
  5. Robert Reid, Anthony Steed Bowties: A Novel Class of Space Filling Polyhedron 2003