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Dodecagram

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Type
  
Regular star polygon

Schläfli symbol
  
{12/5}t{6/5}

Internal angle (degrees)
  
30°

Edges and vertices
  
12

Symmetry group
  
Dihedral (D12)

Dual polygon
  
self

Dodecagram

A dodecagram is a star polygon that has 12 vertices. There is one regular form: {12/5}. A regular dodecagram has the same vertex arrangement as a regular dodecagon, which may be regarded as {12/1}.

Contents

The name dodecagram combine a numeral prefix, dodeca-, with the Greek suffix -gram. The -gram suffix derives from γραμμῆς (grammēs) meaning a line.

Isogonal variations

A regular dodecagram can be seen as a quasitruncated hexagon, t{6/5}={12/5}. Other isogonal (vertex-transitive) variations with equal spaced vertices can be constructed with two edge lengths.

Dodecagrams as compounds

There are four regular dodecagram star figures, {12/2}=2{6}, {12/3}=3{4}, {12/4}=4{3}, and {12/6}=6{2}. The first is a compound of two hexagons, the second is a compound of three squares, the third is a compound of four triangles, and the fourth is a compound of six straight-sided digons.

Complete graph

Superimposing all the dodecagons and dodecagrams on each other – including the degenerate compound of six digons (line segments), {12/6} – produces the complete graph K12.

Regular dodecagrams in polyhedra

Dodecagrams can also be incorporated into uniform polyhedra. Below are the three prismatic uniform polyhedra containing regular dodecagrams.

References

Dodecagram Wikipedia


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