Compound of six decagonal prisms

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Compound of six decagonal prisms
Type	Uniform compound
Index	UC40
Polyhedra	6 decagonal prisms
Faces	12 decagons, 60 squares
Edges	180
Vertices	120
Symmetry group	icosahedral (Ih)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent	5-fold antiprismatic (D5d)

This uniform polyhedron compound is a symmetric arrangement of 6 decagonal prisms, aligned with the axes of five-fold rotational symmetry of a dodecahedron.

[edit] Cartesian coordinates

Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of this compound are all the cyclic permutations of

(±√(τ⁻¹/√5), ±2τ, ±√(τ/√5))

(±(√(τ⁻¹/√5)−τ²), ±1, ±(√(τ/√5)+τ))

(±(√(τ⁻¹/√5)−τ), ±τ², ±(√(τ/√5)+1))

(±(√(τ⁻¹/√5)+τ), ±τ², ±(√(τ/√5)−1))

(±(√(τ⁻¹/√5)+τ²), ±1, ±(√(τ/√5)−τ))

where τ = (1+√5)/2 is the golden ratio (sometimes written φ).

[edit] References

• John Skilling, Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. 79, pp. 447-457, 1976.