Dodecagram

Regular dodecagram

A regular dodecagram
Type Regular star polygon
Edges and vertices 12
Schläfli symbol {12/5}
t{6/5}
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group Dihedral (D12)
Internal angle (degrees) 30°
Dual polygon self
Properties star, cyclic, equilateral, isogonal, isotoxal

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}.

The name dodecagram combine a numeral prefix, dodeca-, with the Greek suffix -gram. The -gram suffix derives from γραμμῆς (grammēs) meaning a line.[1]

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.


t{6}

t{6/5}={12/5}

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.


2{6}

3{4}

4{3}

6{2}

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.

See also

References

  1. γραμμή, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus

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