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Dodecahedron 2-Compound


Dodecahedron2-Compounds

A number of attractive 2-compounds of the regular dodecahedron can be constructed. The first (left figures) has the symmetry of the cube and arises by combining two regular dodecahedra rotated 90 degrees with respect to each other about a common C_2 axis (Holden 1991, p. 37). The second (middle figures) takes a regular dodecahedron with a C_3 axis along the z-axis and adds a second dodecahedron rotated by 60 degrees around the z-axis. The third (right figure) can be obtained by rotating one regular dodecahedron by an angle of pi/5 radians (36 degrees) with respect to another about a C_5 axis.

These compounds are implemented in the Wolfram Language as PolyhedronData[{"DodecahedronTwoCompound", n}] for n=1, 2, 3.

Dodecahedron2CompoundsAndDuals

These dodecahedron 2-compounds are illustrated above together with their icosahedron 2-compound duals and common midspheres.

Dodecahedron2CompoundsIntersectionsAndConvexHulls

For the first compound, the common solid has the connectivity of the tetrakis hexahedron. All other common solids and convex hulls of these compounds are unnamed polyhedra illustrated above.

Dodecahedron2CompoundC2Net

The C_2 (first) compound can be constructed from the net above. For dodecahedra with unit edge lengths, the side lengths are

s_1=1/2
(1)
s_2=1
(2)
s_3=1/2sqrt(4+sqrt(5))
(3)
s_4=1/2(1+sqrt(5))=phi,
(4)

where phi is the golden ratio. The surface area of the first compound hull is

 S=6sqrt(2(5+sqrt(5))) approx 22.8254.
(5)

See also

Icosahedron 2-Compound, Polyhedron Compound, Regular Dodecahedron

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References

Holden, A. Shapes, Space, and Symmetry. New York: Dover, p. 37, 1991.

Cite this as:

Weisstein, Eric W. "Dodecahedron 2-Compound." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Dodecahedron2-Compound.html

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