Elongated square gyrobicupola

Elongated square gyrobicupola
Elongated square gyrobicupola
Type	Canonical,; Johnson; J36 – J37 – J38
Faces	8 triangles; 18 squares
Edges	48
Vertices	24
Vertex configuration
Symmetry group
Dual polyhedron	Pseudo-deltoidal icositetrahedron
Properties	convex,; singular vertex figure
Net

In geometry, the elongated square gyrobicupola is a polyhedron constructed by two square cupolas attaching onto the bases of octagonal prism, with one of them rotated. It is also known as pseudo-rhombicuboctahedron because many mathematicians mistakenly constructed a rhombicuboctahedron. It is not considered to be an Archimedean solid because it lacks a set of global symmetries that map every vertex to every other vertex, unlike the 13 Archimedean solids. It is also a canonical polyhedron.

Construction[edit]

The elongated square gyrobicupola can be constructed similarly to the rhombicuboctahedron, by attaching two regular square cupolas onto the bases of octagonal prism, a process known as elongation. The difference between these two polyhedrons is that one of two square cupolas of the elongated square gyrobicupola is twisted by 45 degrees, a process known as gyro, making the triangular faces staggered vertically.^[1]^[2] The resulting polyhedron has 8 equilateral triangles and 18 squares.^[1] A convex polyhedron in which all of the faces are regular polygons is the Johnson solid, and the elongated square gyrobicupola is among them, enumerated as the 37th Johnson solid $J_{37}$ .^[3]

Process of the construction of the elongated square gyrobicupola

The elongated square gyrobicupola may have been discovered by Johannes Kepler in his enumeration of the Archimedean solids, but its first clear appearance in print appears to be the work of Duncan Sommerville in 1905.^[4] It was independently rediscovered by J. C. P. Miller in 1930 by mistake while attempting to construct a model of the rhombicuboctahedron, which is known as pseudo-rhombicuboctahedron or sometimes Miller's solid. This solid was discovered again by V. G. Ashkinuse in 1957.^[2]^[5]^[6]

Properties[edit]

An elongated square gyrobicupola with edge length $a$ has a surface area:^[1]

\left(18+2{\sqrt {3}}\right)a^{2}\approx 21.464a^{2},

by adding the area of 8 equilateral triangles and 10 squares. Its volume can be calculated by slicing it into two square cupolas and one octagonal prism:^[1]

{\frac {12+10{\sqrt {2}}}{3}}a^{3}\approx 8.714a^{3}.

The elongated square gyrobicupola possesses three-dimensional symmetry group $D_{4\mathrm {d} }$ of order 16. It is locally vertex-regular – the arrangement of the four faces incident on any vertex is the same for all vertices; this is unique among the Johnson solids. However, the manner in which it is "twisted" gives it a distinct "equator" and two distinct "poles", which in turn divides its vertices into 8 "polar" vertices (4 per pole) and 16 "equatorial" vertices. It is therefore not vertex-transitive, and consequently not usually considered to be the 14th Archimedean solids.^[2]^[6]^[7]

With faces colored by its D_4d symmetry, it can look like this:

The pseudo-deltoidal icositetrahedron (right) is the dual polyhedron.

There are 8 (green) squares around its equator, 4 (red) triangles and 4 (yellow) squares above and below, and one (blue) square on each pole.

Related polyhedra and honeycombs[edit]

The elongated square gyrobicupola can form a space-filling honeycomb with the regular tetrahedron, cube, and cuboctahedron. It can also form another honeycomb with the tetrahedron, square pyramid and various combinations of cubes, elongated square pyramids, and elongated square bipyramids.^[8]

The pseudo great rhombicuboctahedron is a nonconvex analog of the pseudo-rhombicuboctahedron, constructed in a similar way from the nonconvex great rhombicuboctahedron.

In chemistry[edit]

The polyvanadate ion [V₁₈O₄₂]¹²⁻ has a pseudo-rhombicuboctahedral structure, where each square face acts as the base of a VO₅ pyramid.^[9]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Berman, Martin (1971), "Regular-faced convex polyhedra", Journal of the Franklin Institute, 291 (5): 329–352, doi:10.1016/0016-0032(71)90071-8, MR 0290245.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cromwell, Peter R. (1997), Polyhedra, Cambridge University Press, p. 91, ISBN 978-0-521-55432-9.
^ Francis, Darryl (August 2013), "Johnson solids & their acronyms", Word Ways, 46 (3): 177.
^ Sommerville, D. M. Y. (1905), "Semi-regular networks of the plane in absolute geometry", Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 41: 725–747, doi:10.1017/s0080456800035560. As cited by Grünbaum (2009).
^ Ball, Rouse (1939), Coxeter, H. S. M. (ed.), Mathematical recreations and essays (11 ed.), p. 137.
^ ^a ^b Grünbaum, Branko (2009), "An enduring error" (PDF), Elemente der Mathematik, 64 (3): 89–101, doi:10.4171/EM/120, MR 2520469 Reprinted in Pitici, Mircea, ed. (2011). The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010. Princeton University Press. pp. 18–31..
^ Lando, Sergei K.; Zvonkin, Alexander K. (2004), Graphs on Surfaces and Their Applications, Springer, p. 114, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-38361-1, ISBN 978-3-540-38361-1.
^ "J37 honeycombs", Gallery of Wooden Polyhedra, retrieved 2016-03-21
^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 986. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

External links[edit]

[berman-1] Berman, Martin (1971), "Regular-faced convex polyhedra", Journal of the Franklin Institute, 291 (5): 329–352, doi:10.1016/0016-0032(71)90071-8, MR 0290245.

[cromwell-2] Cromwell, Peter R. (1997), Polyhedra, Cambridge University Press, p. 91, ISBN 978-0-521-55432-9.

[francis-3] Francis, Darryl (August 2013), "Johnson solids & their acronyms", Word Ways, 46 (3): 177.

[sommerville-4] Sommerville, D. M. Y. (1905), "Semi-regular networks of the plane in absolute geometry", Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 41: 725–747, doi:10.1017/s0080456800035560. As cited by Grünbaum (2009).

[ball-5] Ball, Rouse (1939), Coxeter, H. S. M. (ed.), Mathematical recreations and essays (11 ed.), p. 137.

[grunbaum-6] Grünbaum, Branko (2009), "An enduring error" (PDF), Elemente der Mathematik, 64 (3): 89–101, doi:10.4171/EM/120, MR 2520469 Reprinted in Pitici, Mircea, ed. (2011). The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010. Princeton University Press. pp. 18–31..

[lz-7] Lando, Sergei K.; Zvonkin, Alexander K. (2004), Graphs on Surfaces and Their Applications, Springer, p. 114, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-38361-1, ISBN 978-3-540-38361-1.

[8] "J37 honeycombs", Gallery of Wooden Polyhedra, retrieved 2016-03-21

[9] Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 986. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

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v t e Johnson solids
Pyramids, cupolae and rotundae	square pyramid pentagonal pyramid triangular cupola square cupola pentagonal cupola pentagonal rotunda
Modified pyramids	elongated triangular pyramid elongated square pyramid elongated pentagonal pyramid gyroelongated square pyramid gyroelongated pentagonal pyramid triangular bipyramid pentagonal bipyramid elongated triangular bipyramid elongated square bipyramid elongated pentagonal bipyramid gyroelongated square bipyramid
Modified cupolae and rotundae	elongated triangular cupola elongated square cupola elongated pentagonal cupola elongated pentagonal rotunda gyroelongated triangular cupola gyroelongated square cupola gyroelongated pentagonal cupola gyroelongated pentagonal rotunda gyrobifastigium triangular orthobicupola square orthobicupola square gyrobicupola pentagonal orthobicupola pentagonal gyrobicupola pentagonal orthocupolarotunda pentagonal gyrocupolarotunda pentagonal orthobirotunda elongated triangular orthobicupola elongated triangular gyrobicupola elongated square gyrobicupola elongated pentagonal orthobicupola elongated pentagonal gyrobicupola elongated pentagonal orthocupolarotunda elongated pentagonal gyrocupolarotunda elongated pentagonal orthobirotunda elongated pentagonal gyrobirotunda gyroelongated triangular bicupola gyroelongated square bicupola gyroelongated pentagonal bicupola gyroelongated pentagonal cupolarotunda gyroelongated pentagonal birotunda
Augmented prisms	augmented triangular prism biaugmented triangular prism triaugmented triangular prism augmented pentagonal prism biaugmented pentagonal prism augmented hexagonal prism parabiaugmented hexagonal prism metabiaugmented hexagonal prism triaugmented hexagonal prism
Modified Platonic solids	augmented dodecahedron parabiaugmented dodecahedron metabiaugmented dodecahedron triaugmented dodecahedron metabidiminished icosahedron tridiminished icosahedron augmented tridiminished icosahedron
Modified Archimedean solids	augmented truncated tetrahedron augmented truncated cube biaugmented truncated cube augmented truncated dodecahedron parabiaugmented truncated dodecahedron metabiaugmented truncated dodecahedron triaugmented truncated dodecahedron gyrate rhombicosidodecahedron parabigyrate rhombicosidodecahedron metabigyrate rhombicosidodecahedron trigyrate rhombicosidodecahedron diminished rhombicosidodecahedron paragyrate diminished rhombicosidodecahedron metagyrate diminished rhombicosidodecahedron bigyrate diminished rhombicosidodecahedron parabidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron metabidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron gyrate bidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron tridiminished rhombicosidodecahedron
Elementary solids	snub disphenoid snub square antiprism sphenocorona augmented sphenocorona sphenomegacorona hebesphenomegacorona disphenocingulum bilunabirotunda triangular hebesphenorotunda
(See also List of Johnson solids, a sortable table)