Compound of three cubes
| Compound of three cubes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Uniform compound |
| Index | UC8 |
| Convex hull | Nonuniform truncated octahedron |
| Polyhedra | 3 cubes |
| Faces | 6+12 squares |
| Edges | 36 |
| Vertices | 24 |
| Symmetry group | octahedral (Oh) |
| Subgroup restricting to one constituent | 4-fold prismatic (D4h) |
This uniform polyhedron compound is a symmetric arrangement of 3 cubes, considered as square prisms. It can be constructed by superimposing three identical cubes, and then rotating each by 45 degrees about a separate axis (that passes through the centres of two opposite faces). It is also a stellation of the rhombicuboctahedron.
This compound appears in the lithograph print Waterfall by M.C. Escher. Its dual, the compound of three octahedra, forms the central image in an earlier Escher woodcut, Stars.
Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of this compound are all the permutations of
- (±√2, 0, ±1)
References
- Skilling, John (1976), "Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra", Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 79: 447–457, doi:10.1017/S0305004100052440, MR 0397554.