Compound of twelve tetrahedra with rotational freedom
Compound of twelve tetrahedra with rotational freedom | |
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Type | Uniform compound |
Index | UC2 |
Polyhedra | 12 tetrahedra |
Faces | 48 triangles
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Edges | 72 |
Vertices | 48 |
Symmetry group | octahedral (Oh) |
Subgroup restricting to one constituent | 4-fold improper rotation (S4)
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This
stella octangula may be inscribed within each cube in the compound of six cubes with rotational freedom
, which has the same vertices as this compound.
When θ = 0, all six
stella octangula coincide in pairs yielding (two superimposed copies of) the compound of six tetrahedra
.
Gallery
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Compound of six tetrahedra.stl θ = 45°
References
- Skilling, John (1976), "Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra", Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 79 (3): 447–457, S2CID 123279687.