A cube 10-compound by be obtained by beginning with an initial cube and rotating it by an angle about the axis, then adding a second cube obtained
by rotating the first by an angle about the
axis, where is the golden ratio.
It is implemented in Mathematica as PolyhedronData["CubeTenCompound"].
The angle places corresponding faces of first
two cubes in a symmetrical position relative to one another, and makes each of these
faces cut the other in an isosceles
right triangle. The remaining eight cubes of the compound are then generating
by adding four more pairs of cubes rotated by angles about the
axis (the same rotations used to
construct the cube 5-compound)
for , 2, 3, 4.
A net for constructing the solid is illustrated above. The edge lengths are given by
The surface area of the solid is
Hart, G. "Cube 10-Compound A." http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vrml/cubes_A5_D3_a.wrl.
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