Johnson solids are not vertex-transitive

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Johnson solids are a finite set of strictly convex polyhedra with regular polygonal faces that are neither uniform nor vertex-transitive, distinguished from Platonic and Archimedean solids by their irregular vertex configurations.

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Surface form Occurrences
Johnson solids 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf class of polyhedra
finite set
areCataloguedBy J1 to J92
areConvex true
areConvexPolyhedra true
areEdgeTransitive false
areFaceTransitive false
areFiniteInNumber true
areNonUniformConvexPolyhedra true
areNotInfiniteFamilies true
areNotKeplerPoinsotSolids true
areNotStarPolyhedra true
areThreeDimensional true
areUniform false
areVertexTransitive false
definedBy Norman Johnson NERFINISHED
definitionYear 1966
differFrom Archimedean solids by lack of uniformity
Platonic solids by lack of vertex-transitivity
antiprisms by more complex combinatorial structure
prisms by more complex combinatorial structure
distinguishedFrom Archimedean solids NERFINISHED
Platonic solids NERFINISHED
antiprisms
prisms
edgeTransitivity not edge-transitive in general
enumeratedBy Norman Johnson NERFINISHED
faceTransitivity not face-transitive in general
hasCardinality 92
hasFaceType regular polygons
hasProperty non-antiprismatic
non-prismatic
non-uniform polyhedra
not vertex-transitive
strictly convex
hasSymmetryProperty generally low symmetry
not vertex-transitive
hasVertexConfiguration irregular
haveEqualAngles not necessarily
haveEqualEdgeLengths not necessarily
haveMixedFaceTypes often
haveRegularButNonIdenticalFaces true
haveRegularFaces true
sharedProperty all faces are regular polygons
sharePropertyWith Platonic solids NERFINISHED
verificationYear 1969
verifiedBy Viktor Zalgaller NERFINISHED

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Archimedean solids contrastWith Johnson solids are not vertex-transitive