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Goldberg Polyhedra
In mathematics, and more specifically in polyhedral combinatorics, a Goldberg polyhedron is a convex polyhedron made from hexagons and pentagons. They were first described in 1937 by Michael Goldberg (1902–1990). They are defined by three properties: each face is either a pentagon or hexagon, exactly three faces meet at each vertex, and they have rotational icosahedral symmetry. They are not necessarily mirror-symmetric; e.g. and are enantiomorphs of each other. A Goldberg polyhedron is a dual polyhedron of a geodesic polyhedron. A consequence of Euler's polyhedron formula is that a Goldberg polyhedron always has exactly 12 pentagonal faces. Icosahedral symmetry ensures that the pentagons are always regular and that there are always 12 of them. If the vertices are not constrained to a sphere, the polyhedron can be constructed with planar equilateral (but not in general equiangular) faces. Simple examples of Goldberg polyhedra include the dodecahedron and truncated icos ...
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Conway Polyhedron Dk5k6st
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Geodesic Polyhedron
A geodesic polyhedron is a convex polyhedron made from triangles. They usually have icosahedral symmetry, such that they have 6 triangles at a vertex, except 12 vertices which have 5 triangles. They are the dual of corresponding Goldberg polyhedra, of which all but the smallest one (which is a regular dodecahedron) have mostly hexagonal faces. Geodesic polyhedra are a good approximation to a sphere for many purposes, and appear in many different contexts. The most well-known may be the ''geodesic domes'', hemispherical architectural structures designed by Buckminster Fuller, which geodesic polyhedra are named after. Geodesic grids used in geodesy also have the geometry of geodesic polyhedra. The capsids of some viruses have the shape of geodesic polyhedra, and some pollen grains are based on geodesic polyhedra. Fullerene molecules have the shape of Goldberg polyhedra. Geodesic polyhedra are available as geometric primitives in the Blender 3D modeling software package, whic ...
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Tetrahedral Symmetry
image:tetrahedron.svg, 150px, A regular tetrahedron, an example of a solid with full tetrahedral symmetry A regular tetrahedron has 12 rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and a symmetry order of 24 including transformations that combine a reflection and a rotation. The group of all (not necessarily orientation preserving) symmetries is isomorphic to the group S4, the symmetric group of permutations of four objects, since there is exactly one such symmetry for each permutation of the vertices of the tetrahedron. The set of orientation-preserving symmetries forms a group referred to as the alternating group, alternating subgroup A4 of S4. Details Chiral and full (or achiral tetrahedral symmetry and pyritohedral symmetry) are Point groups in three dimensions, discrete point symmetries (or equivalently, List of spherical symmetry groups, symmetries on the sphere). They are among the Crystal system#Overview of point groups by crystal system, crystallographic point gro ...
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Octahedral Symmetry
A regular octahedron has 24 rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and 48 symmetries altogether. These include transformations that combine a reflection and a rotation. A cube has the same set of symmetries, since it is the polyhedron that is dual polyhedron, dual to an octahedron. The group of orientation-preserving symmetries is S4, the symmetric group or the group of permutations of four objects, since there is exactly one such symmetry for each permutation of the four diagonals of the cube. Details Chiral and full (or achiral) octahedral symmetry are the Point groups in three dimensions, discrete point symmetries (or equivalently, List of spherical symmetry groups, symmetries on the sphere) with the largest symmetry groups compatible with translational symmetry. They are among the Crystal system#Overview of point groups by crystal system, crystallographic point groups of the cubic crystal system. As the hyperoctahedral group of dimension 3 the full octah ...
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Icosahedral Symmetry
In mathematics, and especially in geometry, an object has icosahedral symmetry if it has the same symmetries as a regular icosahedron. Examples of other polyhedra with icosahedral symmetry include the regular dodecahedron (the dual polyhedron, dual of the icosahedron) and the rhombic triacontahedron. Every polyhedron with icosahedral symmetry has 60 Rotational symmetry, rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries and 60 orientation-reversing symmetries (that combine a rotation and a Reflection symmetry, reflection), for a total symmetry order of 120. The full symmetry group is the Coxeter group of type . It may be represented by Coxeter notation and Coxeter diagram . The set of rotational symmetries forms a subgroup that is isomorphic to the alternating group on 5 letters. As point group Apart from the two infinite series of prismatic and antiprismatic symmetry, rotational icosahedral symmetry or chiral icosahedral symmetry of chiral objects and full icosahedra ...
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Polyhedral Group
In geometry, the polyhedral groups are the symmetry groups of the Platonic solids. Groups There are three polyhedral groups: *The Tetrahedral symmetry, tetrahedral group of order 12, rotational symmetry group of the tetrahedron, regular tetrahedron. It is isomorphic to Alternating group, A4. ** The conjugacy classes of T are: *** identity *** 4 × rotation by 120°, order 3, cw *** 4 × rotation by 120°, order 3, ccw *** 3 × rotation by 180°, order 2 *The Octahedral symmetry, octahedral group of order 24, rotational symmetry group of the cube and the octahedron, regular octahedron. It is isomorphic to Symmetric group, S4. ** The conjugacy classes of O are: *** identity *** 6 × rotation by ±90° around vertices, order 4 *** 8 × rotation by ±120° around triangle centers, order 3 *** 3 × rotation by 180° around vertices, order 2 *** 6 × rotation by 180° around midpoints of edges, order 2 * The Icosahedral symmetry, icosahedral group of order 60, rotational symmetry group ...
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