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Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron

Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron rather than just read about it. In short: The order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron is a convex polyhedron with 72 faces: 60 hexagons and 12 pentagons triangular, with 210 edges, and 140 vertices. Its dual is the pentakis snub dodecahedron.

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Reference excerpt

The order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron is a convex polyhedron with 72 faces: 60 hexagons and 12 pentagons triangular, with 210 edges, and 140 vertices. Its dual is the pentakis snub dodecahedron. It is Goldberg polyhedron {5+,3}2,1 in the icosahedral family, with chiral symmetry. The relationship between pentagons steps into 2 hexagons away, and then a turn with one more step. It is a Fullerene C140.

Construction It is explicitly called a pentatruncated pentagonal hexecontahedron since only the valence-5 vertices of the pentagonal hexecontahedron are truncated.

Its topology can be constructed in Conway polyhedron notation as t5gD and more simply wD as a whirled dodecahedron, reducing original pentagonal faces and adding 5 distorted hexagons around each, in clockwise or counter-clockwise forms. This picture shows its flat construction before the geometry is adjusted into a more spherical form. The snub can create a (5,3) geodesic polyhedron by k5k6.

Related polyhedra The whirled dodecahedron creates more polyhedra by basic Conway polyhedron notation. The zip whirled dodecahedron makes a chamfered truncated icosahedron, and Goldberg (4,1). Whirl applied twice produces Goldberg (5,3), and applied twice with reverse orientations produces goldberg (7,0).

See also Truncated pentagonal icositetrahedron t4gC

References

Goldberg, Michael (1937). "A class of multi-symmetric polyhedra". Tohoku Mathematical Journal. 43: 104–108. Hart, George (2012). "Goldberg Polyhedra". In Senechal, Marjorie (ed.). Shaping Space (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 125–138. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-92714-5_9. ISBN 978-0-387-92713-8. Hart, George (June 18, 2013). "Mathematical Impressions: Goldberg Polyhedra". Simons Science News. Fourth class of convex equilateral polyhedron with polyhedral symmetry related to fullerenes and viruses, Stan Schein and James Maurice Gaye, PNAS, Early Edition doi: 10.1073/pnas.1310939111

External links VRML polyhedral generator Try "t5gI" (Conway polyhedron notation)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron

In research: Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Fullerenes, Goldberg polyhedra, Pentagonal tilings, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Order-5 truncated pentagonal hexecontahedron outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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