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In geometry, a bicupola is a solid formed by connecting two cupolae on their bases. Here, two classes of bicupola are included because each cupola (bicupola half) is bordered by alternating triangles and squares. If similar faces are attached together the result is an orthobicupola; if squares are attached to triangles it is a gyrobicupola.

Forms

Set of orthobicupolae

Symmetry	Picture	Description
D3h *223		Triangular orthobicupola (J27): 8 triangles, 6 squares. Its dual is the trapezo-rhombic dodecahedron
D4h *224		Square orthobicupola (J28): 8 triangles, 10 squares.
D5h *225		Pentagonal orthobicupola (J30): 10 triangles, 10 squares, 2 pentagons.
Dnh *22n		n-gonal orthobicupola: 2n triangles, 2n rectangles, 2 n-gons

Set of gyrobicupolae

A n-gonal gyrobicupola has the same topology as a n-gonal rectified antiprism, Conway polyhedron notation, aAn.

Symmetry	Picture	Description
D2d 2*2		Gyrobifastigium (J26) or digonal gyrobicupola: 4 triangles, 4 squares.
D3d 2*3		Triangular gyrobicupola or cuboctahedron: 8 triangles, 6 squares. Its dual is the rhombic dodecahedron.
D4d 2*4		Square gyrobicupola (J29): 8 triangles, 10 squares. Its dual is the elongated tetragonal trapezohedron
D5d 2*5		Pentagonal gyrobicupola (J31): 10 triangles, 10 squares, 2 pentagons. Its dual is the elongated pentagonal trapezohedron
Dnd 2*n		n-gonal gyrobicupola: 2n triangles, 2n rectangles, 2 n-gons.

References

1. ^ Ogievetsky, O.; Shlosman, S. (2021). "Platonic compounds and cylinders". In Novikov, S.; Krichever, I.; Ogievetsky, O.; Shlosman, S. (eds.). Integrability, Quantization, and Geometry: II. Quantum Theories and Algebraic Geometry. American Mathematical Society. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-4704-5592-7.
2. ^ Berman, M. (1971). "Regular-faced convex polyhedra". Journal of the Franklin Institute. 291 (5): 329–352. doi:10.1016/0016-0032(71)90071-8. MR 0290245.

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