Snub cube
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Snub cube | |
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Type | Archimedean solid |
Elements | F=38, E=60, V=24 (χ=2) |
Faces by sides | (8+24){3}+6{4} |
Schläfli symbol | |
Wythoff symbol | | 2 3 4 |
Coxeter-Dynkin | |
Symmetry | O |
References | U12, C24, W17 |
Properties | Semiregular convex chiral |
Colored faces |
3.3.3.3.4 (Vertex figure) |
Pentagonal icositetrahedron (dual polyhedron) |
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The snub cube, or snub cuboctahedron, is an Archimedean solid.
The snub cube has 38 faces, of which 6 are squares and the other 32 are equilateral triangles. It has 60 edges and 24 vertices. It has two distinct forms, which are mirror images (or "enantiomorphs") of each other.
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[edit] Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian coordinates for a snub cube are all the even permutations of
- (±1, ±ξ, ±1/ξ)
with an even number of plus signs, along with all the odd permutations with an odd number of plus signs, where ξ is the real solution to
- ξ3+ξ2+ξ=1,
which can be written
or approximately 0.543689. ξ is the reciprocal of the tribonacci constant. Taking the even permutations with an odd number of plus signs, and the odd permutations with an even number of plus signs, gives a different snub cube, the mirror image.
[edit] Geometric relations
The snub cube can be generated by taking the six faces of the cube, pulling them outward so they no longer touch. Then give them all a small rotation on their centers (all clockwise or all counter-clockwise) until the spaces between can be filled with equilateral triangles.
Cube |
Rhombicuboctahedron (Expanded cube) |
It can also be constructed as an alternation of a nonuniform great rhombicuboctahedron, deleting every other vertex and creating new triangles at the deleted vertices. A properly proportioned great rhombicuboctahedron will create equilateral triangles at the deleted vertices. Depending on which set of vertices are alternated, the resulting snub cube can have a clockwise or counterclockwise twist.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Williams, Robert (1979). The Geometrical Foundation of Natural Structure: A Source Book of Design. Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-23729-X. (Section 3-9)
[edit] External links
- The Uniform Polyhedra
- Virtual Reality Polyhedra The Encyclopedia of Polyhedra