Polyhedral Compound

A polyhedral compound is a polyhedron that is itself composed of several other polyhedra sharing a common centre. They are the three-dimensional analogs of polygonal compounds such as the hexagram.

Neighbouring vertices of a compound can be connected to form a convex polyhedron called the convex hull. The compound is a facetting of the convex hull.

Another convex polyhedron is formed by the small central space common to all members of the compound. This polyhedron can be considered the core for a set of stellations including this compound. (See List of Wenninger polyhedron models for these compounds and more stellations.)

Read more about Polyhedral Compound:  Regular Compounds, Dual-regular Compounds, Uniform Compounds, Other Compounds, Group Theory

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