Prize substitute
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Prize substitute | |
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Rank | 3 |
Type | Acrohedron |
Notation | |
Stewart notation | A5''m-2 |
Elements | |
Faces | 2 pentagons, 4 squares, 2+4+4 triangles |
Edges | 2+2+2+2+4+4+4+4+4 |
Vertices | 1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2 |
Abstract & topological properties | |
Euler characteristic | 2 |
Orientable | Yes |
Genus | 0 |
Properties | |
Symmetry | K2×I, order 4 |
Convex | No |
The prize substistute or A5''m-2 is a non-convex polyhedron with regular faces. It is an example of a 5-4-3 acrohedron. It can be made by excavating two ms from A5''. It has the fewest faces of any polyhedron in the cult of the double-ess-five.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Stewart, Bonnie (1964). Adventures Amoung the Toroids (2 ed.). ISBN 0686-119 36-3.