Heptagonal antiprism

Uniform Heptagonal antiprism
TypePrismatic uniform polyhedron
ElementsF = 16, E = 28
V = 14 (χ = 2)
Faces by sides14{3}+2{7}
Schläfli symbols{2,14}
sr{2,7}
Wythoff symbol| 2 2 7
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry groupD7d, [2+,14], (2*7), order 28
Rotation groupD7, [7,2]+, (722), order 14
ReferencesU77(e)
DualHeptagonal trapezohedron
Propertiesconvex

Vertex figure
3.3.3.7

In geometry, the heptagonal antiprism is the fifth in an infinite set of antiprisms formed by an even-numbered sequence of triangle sides closed by two polygon caps.

Antiprisms are similar to prisms except the bases are twisted relative to each other, and that the side faces are triangles, rather than quadrilaterals.

In the case of a regular 7-sided base, one usually considers the case where its copy is twisted by an angle 180°/n. Extra regularity is obtained by the line connecting the base centers being perpendicular to the base planes, making it a right antiprism. As faces, it has the two n-gonal bases and, connecting those bases, 2n isosceles triangles.

If faces are all regular, it is a semiregular polyhedron.

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