Ingeometry, apolytope (for example, apolygon or apolyhedron) or atiling isisotoxal (from Greek τόξον 'arc') oredge-transitive if itssymmetries acttransitively on itsedges. Informally, this means that there is only one type of edge to the object: given two edges, there is atranslation,rotation, and/orreflection that will move one edge to the other while leaving the region occupied by the object unchanged.

An isotoxal polygon is an even-sided i.e.equilateral polygon, but not all equilateral polygons are isotoxal. Theduals of isotoxal polygons areisogonal polygons. Isotoxal${\displaystyle 4n}$-gons arecentrally symmetric, thus are alsozonogons.

In general, a (non-regular) isotoxal${\displaystyle 2n}$-gon has${\displaystyle {\mathrm{D}}_n,{(}^{\ast }nn)}$dihedral symmetry. For example, a (non-square)rhombus is an isotoxal "${\displaystyle 2}$×${\displaystyle 2}$-gon" (quadrilateral) with${\displaystyle {\mathrm{D}}_2,{(}^{\ast }22)}$ symmetry. Allregular${\displaystyle n}$-gons (also with odd${\displaystyle n}$) are isotoxal, having double the minimum symmetry order: a regular${\displaystyle n}$-gon has${\displaystyle {\mathrm{D}}_n,{(}^{\ast }nn)}$ dihedral symmetry.

An isotoxal${\displaystyle \mathbf{2}n}$-gon with outer internal angle${\displaystyle \alpha }$ can be denoted by${\displaystyle \{n_{\alpha }\}.}$ The inner internal angle${\displaystyle (\beta )}$ may be less or greater than${\displaystyle 180}$${\displaystyle {}^{\mathsf{o}},}$ making convex or concave polygons respectively.

Astar${\displaystyle \mathbf{2}n}$-gon can also be isotoxal, denoted by${\displaystyle \{(n/q{)}_{\alpha }\},}$ with${\displaystyle q\le n-1}$ and with thegreatest common divisor${\displaystyle gcd(n,q)=1,}$ where${\displaystyle q}$ is theturning number ordensity.^[1] Concave inner vertices can be defined for If${\displaystyle D=gcd(n,q)\ge 2,}$ then${\displaystyle \{(n/q{)}_{\alpha }\}=\{(Dm/Dp{)}_{\alpha }\}}$ is "reduced" to a compound${\displaystyle D\{(m/p{)}_{\alpha }\}}$ of${\displaystyle D}$ rotated copies of${\displaystyle \{(m/p{)}_{\alpha }\}.}$

Caution:

The vertices of${\displaystyle \{(n/q{)}_{\alpha }\}}$ are not always placed like those of${\displaystyle \{n_{\alpha }\},}$ whereas the vertices of the regular${\displaystyle \{n/q\}}$ are placed like those of the regular${\displaystyle \{n\}.}$

A set of"uniform" tilings, actuallyisogonal tilings using isotoxal polygons as less symmetric faces than regular ones, can be defined.

Examples of non-regular isotoxal polygons and compounds

Number of sides:${\displaystyle 2n}$	2×2 (Cent. sym.)	2×3	2×4 (Cent. sym.)	2×5	2×6 (Cent. sym.)	2×7	2×8 (Cent. sym.)
${\displaystyle \{n_{\alpha }\}}$ Convex: Concave: ${\displaystyle \beta >{180}^{\circ }.}$	${\displaystyle \{2_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{3_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{4_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{5_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{6_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{7_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{8_{\alpha }\}}$
2-turn ${\displaystyle \{(n/2{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	--	${\displaystyle \{(3/2{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle 2\{2_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{(5/2{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle 2\{3_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{(7/2{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle 2\{4_{\alpha }\}}$
3-turn ${\displaystyle \{(n/3{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	--	--	${\displaystyle \{(4/3{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{(5/3{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle 3\{2_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{(7/3{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{(8/3{)}_{\alpha }\}}$
4-turn ${\displaystyle \{(n/4{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	--	--	--	${\displaystyle \{(5/4{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle 2\{(3/2{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{(7/4{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle 4\{2_{\alpha }\}}$
5-turn ${\displaystyle \{(n/5{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	--	--	--	--	${\displaystyle \{(6/5{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{(7/5{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle \{(8/5{)}_{\alpha }\}}$
6-turn ${\displaystyle \{(n/6{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	--	--	--	--	--	${\displaystyle \{(7/6{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	${\displaystyle 2\{(4/3{)}_{\alpha }\}}$
7-turn ${\displaystyle \{(n/7{)}_{\alpha }\}}$	--	--	--	--	--	--	${\displaystyle \{(8/7{)}_{\alpha }\}}$

Regular polyhedra are isohedral (face-transitive), isogonal (vertex-transitive), and isotoxal (edge-transitive).

Quasiregular polyhedra, like thecuboctahedron and theicosidodecahedron, are isogonal and isotoxal, but not isohedral. Their duals, including therhombic dodecahedron and therhombic triacontahedron, are isohedral and isotoxal, but not isogonal.

Examples

Quasiregular polyhedron	Quasiregular dual polyhedron	Quasiregular star polyhedron	Quasiregular dual star polyhedron	Quasiregular tiling	Quasiregular dual tiling
Acuboctahedron is an isogonal and isotoxal polyhedron	Arhombic dodecahedron is an isohedral and isotoxal polyhedron	Agreat icosidodecahedron is an isogonal and isotoxal star polyhedron	Agreat rhombic triacontahedron is an isohedral and isotoxal star polyhedron	Thetrihexagonal tiling is an isogonal and isotoxal tiling	Therhombille tiling is an isohedral and isotoxal tiling with p6m (*632) symmetry.

Not everypolyhedron or 2-dimensionaltessellation constructed fromregular polygons is isotoxal. For instance, thetruncated icosahedron (the familiar soccerball) is not isotoxal, as it has two edge types: hexagon-hexagon and hexagon-pentagon, and it is not possible for a symmetry of the solid to move a hexagon-hexagon edge onto a hexagon-pentagon edge.

An isotoxal polyhedron has the samedihedral angle for all edges.

The dual of a convex polyhedron is also a convex polyhedron.^[2]

The dual of a non-convex polyhedron is also a non-convex polyhedron.^[2] (By contraposition.)

The dual of an isotoxal polyhedron is also an isotoxal polyhedron. (See theDual polyhedron article.)

There are nineconvex isotoxal polyhedra: the five (regular)Platonic solids, the two (quasiregular) common cores of dual Platonic solids, and their two duals.

There are fourteen non-convex isotoxal polyhedra: the four (regular)Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra, the two (quasiregular) common cores of dual Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra, and their two duals, plus the three quasiregular ditrigonal (3 |p q) star polyhedra, and their three duals.

There are at least five isotoxal polyhedral compounds: the fiveregular polyhedral compounds; their five duals are also the five regular polyhedral compounds (or one chiral twin).

There are at least five isotoxal polygonal tilings of the Euclidean plane, and infinitely many isotoxal polygonal tilings of the hyperbolic plane, including the Wythoff constructions from theregular hyperbolic tilings {p,q}, and non-right (p q r) groups.

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