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Compound of four tetrahedra

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compound can be generated by rotating tetrahedra about lines extending from the center of each face and through the centroid (as altitudes), with varying degrees of rotation.
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Below are two perspective viewpoints of the uniform compound of four tetrahedra, with each color representing one
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A model for this compound polyhedron was first published by Robert Webb, using his program
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of four tetrahedra can be constructed by rotating tetrahedra along an axis of symmetry
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that is rotated by equal and opposite angles. This compound is indexed as
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Skilling, John (1976). "Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra".
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3D model of a compound of four tetrahedra or digonal antiprisms.
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
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plane of symmetry, with one pair of tetrahedra shifted
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Index


Uniform compound
UC23
tetrahedra
triangles
Symmetry group
Subgroup
stella octangula
Oh

geometry
compound
tetrahedra
tetrahedra
uniform compound
vertex arrangement
octagonal prism
stella octangulae
prismatic compound of antiprisms
regular tetrahedron


rotational freedom
UC22
Stella

surface area
dual polyhedron
doi
10.1017/S0305004100052440

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