Great triakis icosahedron

Great triakis icosahedron
Type	Star polyhedron
Face
Elements	F = 60, E = 90 V = 32 (χ = 2)
Symmetry group	Ih, [5,3], *532
Index references	DU66
dual polyhedron	Great stellated truncated dodecahedron

In geometry, the great triakis icosahedron is a nonconvex isohedral polyhedron. It is the dual of the uniform great stellated truncated dodecahedron. Its faces are isosceles triangles. Part of each triangle lies within the solid, hence is invisible in solid models.

3D model of a great triakis icosahedron

Proportions

The triangles have one angle of $\arccos(-{\frac {3}{20}}+{\frac {3}{20}}{\sqrt {5}})\approx 79.314\,951\,312\,25^{\circ }$ and two of $\arccos({\frac {3}{4}}-{\frac {1}{20}}{\sqrt {5}})\approx 50.342\,524\,343\,87^{\circ }$. The dihedral angle equals $\arccos({\frac {-24+15{\sqrt {5}}}{61}})\approx 81.001\,410\,024\,84^{\circ }$.

See also

• Triakis icosahedron

References

• Wenninger, Magnus (1983), Dual Models, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-54325-5, MR 0730208

External links

• Weisstein, Eric W. "Great triakis icosahedron". MathWorld.