Acronym n-ap
Name n-gonal antiprism
 
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Circumradius sqrt[(3-2 cos(π/n))/(8-8 cos(π/n))]
Height sqrt[(1+2 cos(π/n))/(2+2 cos(π/n))]
Coordinates (cos(k π/n)/[2 sin(π/n)], sin(k π/n)/[2 sin(π/n)], (-1)k h/2)   all k integral
where h is the height given above
Vertex figure [33,n]
Snub derivation
General of army (is itself convex)
Colonel of regiment (is itself locally convex)
Dihedral angles
  • between {3} and {3}:   arccos[(1-4 cos(π/n))/3]
  • between {3} and {n}:   arccos(-sqrt[(1-cos(π/n))/(3+3 cos(π/n))])
Face vector 2n, 4n, 2n+2
Especially tet (n=2)*   oct (n=3)   squap (n=4)   pap (n=5)   hap (n=6)   oap (n=8)   dap (n=10)   azap (n=∞)  
Confer
more general:
n/2-ap   n/d-ap  
general polytopal classes:
segmentohedra  
External
links
wikipedia   mathworld

* The case n=2 equally would be considerable here by concept, it just has a different incidence matrix as the n-gons become degenerate.

The compound of 2 mutually gyrated n-gonal antiprisms, one considered as xo-n-ox&#x, the other as ox-n-xo&#x, has for encasing convex hull a variant of the 2n-gonal prism, in fact the variant a-2n-o b, where a = 1/[2 cos(π/2n)] and b = sqrt[1 - 1/[2 cos(π/2n)]2] = sqrt[(1+2 cos(π/n))/(2+2 cos(π/n))]. This is how the below mentioned semiation as a vertex alternation (snubbing) truely works (when resizing would be considered first).


Incidence matrix according to Dynkin symbol

s2sns   (n>2)

demi( . . .  ) | 2n | 1 1  2 | 1  3
---------------+----+--------+-----
      s2s .    |  2 | n *  * | 0  2
      s . s2*a |  2 | * n  * | 0  2
sefa( . sns  ) |  2 | * * 2n | 1  1
---------------+----+--------+-----
      . sns      n | 0 0  n | 2  *
sefa( s2sns  ) |  3 | 1 1  1 | * 2n

starting figure: x xnx

s2s2no   (n>2)

demi( . .  . ) | 2n |  2  2 | 1  3
---------------+----+-------+-----
      s2s  .   |  2 | 2n  * | 0  2
sefa( . s2no ) |  2 |  * 2n | 1  1
---------------+----+-------+-----
      . s2no     n |  0  n | 2  *
sefa( s2s2no ) |  3 |  2  1 | * 2n

starting figure: x x2no

xonox&#x   (n>2)   → height = sqrt[(1+2 cos(π/n))/(2+2 cos(π/n))]
({n} || dual {n})

o.no.    | n * | 2  2 0 | 1 2 1 0
.on.o    | * n | 0  2 2 | 0 1 2 1
---------+-----+--------+--------
x. ..    | 2 0 | n  * * | 1 1 0 0
oonoo&#x | 1 1 | * 2n * | 0 1 1 0
.. .x    | 0 2 | *  * n | 0 0 1 1
---------+-----+--------+--------
x.no.    | n 0 | n  0 0 | 1 * * *
xo ..&#x | 2 1 | 1  2 0 | * n * *
.. ox&#x | 1 2 | 0  2 1 | * * n *
.on.x    | 0 n | 0  0 n | * * * 1

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