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Gyroelongated Square Dipyramid


J17
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One of the eight convex deltahedra built up from 16 equilateral triangles. It consists of two oppositely faced square pyramids rotated 45 degrees to each other and separated by a 4-antiprism. It is Johnson solid J_(17).

If the centroid is at the origin and the sides are of unit length, the equations of the 4-antiprism give height of the middle points as +/-2^(-5/4). Adding the height of the square pyramids gives apex heights of +/-(2^(-5/4)+2^(-1/2)). The surface area and volume of the solid are

S=4sqrt(3)
(1)
V=(2^(1/4))/3(1+sqrt(2)+2^(1/4))
(2)
=1/3(sqrt(2)+sqrt(4+3sqrt(2))).
(3)

See also

Antiprism, Deltahedron, Dipyramid, Snub Disphenoid, Square Pyramid

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Gyroelongated Square Dipyramid." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GyroelongatedSquareDipyramid.html

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