Isosceles trapezoidal pyramid

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Isosceles trapezoidal pyramid
Rank3
Notation
Bowers style acronymTrapyr
Coxeter diagramoxx&#x
Elements
Faces1+1 isosceles triangles, 2 scalene triangles, 1 isosceles trapezoid
Edges1+1+2+2+2
Vertices1+2+2
Vertex figure1 isosceles trapezoid, 1+1 isosceles triangles, 2 scalene triangles
Measures (edge length 1)
Central density1
Related polytopes
DualKite pyramid
Abstract & topological properties
Euler characteristic2
SurfaceSphere
OrientableYes
Genus0
Properties
SymmetryA1×I×I, order 2
ConvexYes
NatureTame

An isosceles trapezoidal pyramid is a pyramid based on an isosceles trapezoid. It has 1 isosceles trapezoid as the base, 2 different isosceles triangles, and 2 identical scalene triangles as faces, with only bilateral symmetry.

In vertex figures[edit | edit source]

A total of 30 uniform polychora have isosceles trapezoidal pyramids for vertex figures, including all the runcitruncated polychora, also known as prismatorhombates. In addition, 7 prisms, as well as all non-crossed antiprismatic prisms, have isosceles trapezoidal pyramids for vertex figures.