Heptagonal antiprism

Uniform Heptagonal antiprism
Antiprism 7.png
Type Prismatic uniform polyhedron
Elements F = 16, E = 28
V = 14 (χ = 2)
Faces by sides 14{3}+2{7}
Schläfli symbol s{2,14}
sr{2,7}
Wythoff symbol | 2 2 7
Coxeter diagram CDel node h.pngCDel 2x.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 14.pngCDel node.png
CDel node h.pngCDel 2x.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 7.pngCDel node h.png
Symmetry group D7d, [2+,14], (2*7), order 28
Rotation group D7, [7,2]+, (722), order 14
References U77(e)
Dual Heptagonal trapezohedron
Properties convex
Heptagonal antiprism vertfig.png
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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