Prismatic uniform polyhedron

Prismatic uniform polyhedron
A pentagrammic antiprism is made of two regular pentagrams and 10 equilateral triangles.

In geometry, a prismatic uniform polyhedron is a uniform polyhedron with dihedral symmetry. They exist in two infinite families, the uniform prisms and the uniform antiprisms. All have their vertices in parallel planes and are therefore prismatoids.

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Vertex configuration and symmetry groups

Because they are isogonal (vertex-transitive), their vertex arrangement uniquely corresponds to a symmetry group.

The difference between the prismatic and antiprismatic symmetry groups is that Dph has the vertices lined up in both planes, which gives it a reflection plane perpendicular to its p-fold axis (parallel to the {p/q} polygon); while Dpd has the vertices twisted relative to the other plane, which gives it a rotatory reflection. Each has p reflection planes which contain the p-fold axis.

The Dph symmetry group contains inversion if and only if p is even, while Dpd contains inversion symmetry if and only if p is odd.

Enumeration

There are:

  • prisms, for each rational number p/q > 2, with symmetry group Dph;
  • antiprisms, for each rational number p/q > 3/2, with symmetry group Dpd if q is odd, Dph if q is even.

If p/q is an integer, i.e. if q = 1, the prism or antiprism is convex. (The fraction is always assumed to be stated in lowest terms.)

An antiprism with p/q < 2 is crossed or retrograde; its vertex figure resembles a bowtie. If p/q ≤ 3/2 no uniform antiprism can exist, as its vertex figure would have to violate the triangle inequality.

Images

Note: The cube and octahedron are listed here with dihedral symmetry (as a square prism and triangular antiprism respectively), although if uniformly colored, they also have octahedral symmetry.

Symmetry group Convex Star forms
d3h, [2,3], (*223) Triangular prism.png
3.4.4
d3d, [2+,3], (2*3) Trigonal antiprism.png
3.3.3.3
d4h, [2,4], (*224) Tetragonal prism.png
4.4.4
d4d, [2+,4], (2*4) Square antiprism.png
3.3.3.4
d5h, [2,5], (*225) Pentagonal prism.png
4.4.5
Pentagrammic prism.png
4.4.5/2
Pentagrammic antiprism.png
3.3.3.5/2
d5d, [2+,5], (2*5) Pentagonal antiprism.png
3.3.3.5
Pentagrammic crossed antiprism.png
3.3.3.5/3
d6h, [2,6], (*226) Hexagonal prism.png
4.4.6
d6d, [2+,6], (2*6) Hexagonal antiprism.png
3.3.3.6
d7h, [2,7], (*227) Prism 7.png
4.4.7
Heptagrammic prism 7-2.png
4.4.7/2
Heptagrammic prism 7-3.png
4.4.7/3
Antiprism 7-2.png
3.3.3.7/2
Antiprism 7-4.png
3.3.3.7/4
d7d, [2+,7], (2*7) Antiprism 7.png
3.3.3.7
Antiprism 7-3.png
3.3.3.7/3
d8h, [2,8], (*228) Octagonal prism.png
4.4.8
Prism 8-3.png
4.4.8/3
d8d, [2+,8], (2*8) Octagonal antiprism.png
3.3.3.8
Antiprism 8-3.png
3.3.3.8/3
Antiprism 8-5.png
3.3.3.8/5
d9h, [2,9], (*229) Prism 9.png
4.4.9
Prism 9-2.png
4.4.9/2
Prism 9-4.png
4.4.9/4
Antiprism 9-2.png
3.3.3.9/2
Antiprism 9-4.png
3.3.3.9/4
d9d, [2+,9], (2*9) Enneagonal antiprism.png
3.3.3.9
Antiprism 9-5.png
3.3.3.9/5
d10h, [2,10], (*2.2.10) Decagonal prism.png
4.4.10
Prism 10-3.png
4.4.10/3
d10d, [2+,10], (2*10) Decagonal antiprism.png
3.3.3.10
Antiprism 10-3.png
3.3.3.10/3
d11h, [2,11], (*2.2.11) Hendecagonal prism.png
4.4.11
Prism 11-2.png
4.4.11/2
Prism 11-3.png
4.4.11/3
Prism 11-4.png
4.4.11/4
Prism 11-5.png
4.4.11/5
Antiprism 11-2.png
3.3.3.11/2
Antiprism 11-4.png
3.3.3.11/4
Antiprism 11-6.png
3.3.3.11/6
d11d, [2+,11], (2*11) Hendecagonal antiprism.png
3.3.3.11
Antiprism 11-3.png
3.3.3.11/3
Antiprism 11-5.png
3.3.3.11/5
Antiprism 11-7.png
3.3.3.11/7
d12h, [2,12], (*2.2.12) Dodecagonal prism.png
4.4.12
Prism 12-5.png
4.4.12/5
d12d, [2+,12], (2*12) Dodecagonal antiprism.png
3.3.3.12
Antiprism 12-5.png
3.3.3.12/5
Antiprism 12-7.png
3.3.3.12/7
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