Sphenocorona

Sphenocorona
TypeJohnson
J85J86J87
Faces12 triangles
2 squares
Edges22
Vertices10
Vertex configuration4(33.4)
2(32.42)
2x2(35)
Symmetry groupC2v
Dual polyhedron-
Propertiesconvex, elementary
Net
3D model of a sphenocorona

In geometry, the sphenocorona is a Johnson solid with 12 equilateral triangles and 2 squares as its faces.

Properties

The sphenocorona was named by Johnson (1966) in which he used the prefix spheno- referring to a wedge-like complex formed by two adjacent lunesa square with equilateral triangles attached on its opposite sides. The suffix -corona refers to a crownlike complex of 8 equilateral triangles.[1] By joining both complexes together, the resulting polyhedron has 12 equilateral triangles and 2 squares, making 14 faces.[2] A convex polyhedron in which all faces are regular polygons is called a Johnson solid. The sphenocorona is among them, enumerated as the 86th Johnson solid .[3] It is an elementary polyhedron, meaning it cannot be separated by a plane into two small regular-faced polyhedra.[4]

The surface area of a sphenocorona with edge length can be calculated as:[2] and its volume as:[2]

Cartesian coordinates

Let be the smallest positive root of the quartic polynomial . Then, Cartesian coordinates of a sphenocorona with edge length 2 are given by the union of the orbits of the points under the action of the group generated by reflections about the xz-plane and the yz-plane.[5]

Variations

The sphenocorona is also the vertex figure of the isogonal n-gonal double antiprismoid where n is an odd number greater than one, including the grand antiprism with pairs of trapezoid rather than square faces.

See also

References

  1. Johnson, Norman W. (1966), "Convex polyhedra with regular faces", Canadian Journal of Mathematics, 18: 169–200, doi:10.4153/cjm-1966-021-8, MR 0185507, S2CID 122006114, Zbl 0132.14603
  2. 1 2 3 Berman, Martin (1971), "Regular-faced convex polyhedra", Journal of the Franklin Institute, 291 (5): 329–352, doi:10.1016/0016-0032(71)90071-8, MR 0290245
  3. Francis, Darryl (2013), "Johnson solids & their acronyms", Word Ways, 46 (3): 177
  4. Cromwell, P. R. (1997), Polyhedra, Cambridge University Press, p. 8687, 89, ISBN 978-0-521-66405-9
  5. Timofeenko, A. V. (2009), "The non-Platonic and non-Archimedean noncomposite polyhedra", Journal of Mathematical Science, 162 (5): 718, doi:10.1007/s10958-009-9655-0, S2CID 120114341
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