Trapezohedron

Set of dual-uniform n-gonal trapezohedra
Example: dual-uniform pentagonal trapezohedron (n = 5)
Typedual-uniform in the sense of dual-semiregular polyhedron
Faces2n congruent kites
Edges4n
Vertices2n + 2
Vertex configurationV3.3.3.n
Schläfli symbol{ } ⨁ {n}[1]
Conway notationdAn
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry groupDnd, [2+,2n], (2*n), order 4n
Rotation groupDn, [2,n]+, (22n), order 2n
Dual polyhedron(convex) uniform n-gonal antiprism
Propertiesconvex, face-transitive, regular vertices[2]

In geometry, an n-gonal trapezohedron, n-trapezohedron, n-antidipyramid, n-antibipyramid, or n-deltohedron[3],[4] is the dual polyhedron of an n-gonal antiprism. The 2n faces of an n-trapezohedron are congruent and symmetrically staggered; they are called twisted kites. With a higher symmetry, its 2n faces are kites (sometimes also called trapezoids, or deltoids).[5]

The "n-gonal" part of the name does not refer to faces here, but to two arrangements of each n vertices around an axis of n-fold symmetry. The dual n-gonal antiprism has two actual n-gon faces.

An n-gonal trapezohedron can be dissected into two equal n-gonal pyramids and an n-gonal antiprism.

  1. ^ N.W. Johnson: Geometries and Transformations, (2018) ISBN 978-1-107-10340-5 Chapter 11: Finite symmetry groups, 11.3 Pyramids, Prisms, and Antiprisms, Figure 11.3c
  2. ^ "duality". maths.ac-noumea.nc. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  3. ^ Weisstein, Eric W. "Trapezohedron". MathWorld. Retrieved 2024-04-24. Remarks: the faces of a deltohedron are deltoids; a (non-twisted) kite or deltoid can be dissected into two isosceles triangles or "deltas" (Δ), base-to-base.
  4. ^ Weisstein, Eric W. "Deltahedron". MathWorld. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  5. ^ Spencer 1911, p. 575, or p. 597 on Wikisource, CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, 1. CUBIC SYSTEM, TETRAHEDRAL CLASS, footnote: « [Deltoid]: From the Greek letter δ, Δ; in general, a triangular-shaped object; also an alternative name for a trapezoid ». Remark: a twisted kite can look like and even be a trapezoid.