Icosahedral bipyramid

In 4-dimensional geometry, the icosahedral bipyramid is the direct sum of a icosahedron and a segment, {3,5} + { }. Each face of a central icosahedron is attached with two tetrahedra, creating 40 tetrahedral cells, 80 triangular faces, 54 edges, and 14 vertices.[1] An icosahedral bipyramid can be seen as two icosahedral pyramids augmented together at their bases.

Icosahedral bipyramid

Orthogonal projection
Central icosahedron with 30 blue edges and 20 red vertices, apex vertices in yellow, connecting to icosahedron with 24 black edges.
Type Polyhedral bipyramid
Schläfli symbol {3,5} + { }
dt{2,5,3}
Coxeter-Dynkin
Cells 40 {3,3}
Faces 80 {3}
Edges 54 (30+12+12)
Vertices 14 (12+2)
Dual Dodecahedral prism
Symmetry group [2,3,5], order 240
Properties convex, regular-celled, Blind polytope

It is the dual of a dodecahedral prism, Coxeter-Dynkin diagram , so the bipyramid can be described as . Both have Coxeter notation symmetry [2,3,5], order 240.

Having all regular cells (tetrahedra), it is a Blind polytope.

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