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Heptahedron


A heptahedron is a polyhedron with seven faces. Because there are 34 heptahedral graphs, there are 34 topologically distinct convex heptahedra.

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There are three semiregular heptahedra: the pentagonal prism and pentagrammic prism (illustrated above), and a faceted version of the octahedron (Holden 1991).

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The elongated triangular pyramid (Johnson solid J_7; left figure) is a convex heptahedron, and the Szilassi polyhedron (right figure) is a concave heptahedron that contains a hole.

There is a single "regular" heptahedron, consisting of a one-sided surface made from four triangles and three quadrilaterals. It is topologically equivalent to the Roman surface (Wells 1991). While all of the faces are regular and vertices equivalent, the heptahedron is self-intersecting and is therefore not considered an Archimedean solid.


See also

Archimedean Solid, Elongated Triangular Pyramid, Heptahedral Graph, Octahedron, Pentagonal Prism, Pentagrammic Prism, Polyhedron, Quadrilateral, Roman Surface, Szilassi Polyhedron

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References

Dharwadker, A. "Heptahedron and Roman Surface." Electronic Geometry Model No. 2003.05.001. http://www.eg-models.de/models/Surfaces/Algebraic_Surfaces/2003.05.001/.Holden, A. Shapes, Space, and Symmetry. New York: Dover, p. 95, 1991.Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry. New York: Viking Penguin, p. 98, 1991.

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

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