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Hypercupola

I've found that, in 3 dimensions, cupolas are formed by an "expansion" of pyramids.

So, in 4D, I've found 4 hypercupolas:

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Hypercupolas
Tetrahedral cupola
Cubic cupola
Octahedral cupola
Dodecahedral cupola
Type
Convex prismatoidal polychoron
Convex prismatoidal polychoron
Convex prismatoidal polychoron
Convex prismatoidal polychoron
Vertices
16
32
30
80
Edges
42
84
84
210
Faces
42
80
82
194
Cells
16
28
28
64
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They're composed of a {p,q} (all of the regular polyhedra, excepted the icosahedron) and a t0,2{p,q} (the cantellated polyhedron) linked by prisms and pyramids.

Cartesian coordinates

Tetrahedral cupola:

For the tetrahedral top:

(0, 0, √(6)/4, √(10)/4);
(±1/2, -1/(2√3), -√(2)/(4√3), √(5)/(2√2));
( 0, 1/√(3), -√2/(4√3), √(5)/(2√2));

For the cuboctahedral base:

the hexagon:

(±1, 0, 0, 0)
(±1/2, ±√(3)/2, 0, 0)

the triangles:

n°1

(±1/2, 1/(2√3), √(2/3), 0)
(0, -1/√3, √(2/3), 0)

n°2

(±1/2, -1/(2√3), -√(2/3), 0)
(0, 1/√3, -√(2/3), 0)


Cubic cupola:

(±1/2, ±1/2, ±1/2, τ);
(±1/2, ±1/2, ± (1/2 + τ), 0);
(±1/2, ± (1/2 + τ), ±1/2, 0);
(±(1/2 + τ), ±1/2, ±1/2, 0);

where τ = √2/2


Octahedral cupola:

( 0, 0 , ±τ, 1/2);
(0, ±τ, 0, 1/2);
(±τ, 0, 0, 1/2);
(±1/2, ±1/2, ± (1/2 + τ), 0);
(±1/2, ± (1/2 + τ), ±1/2, 0);
(± (1/2 + τ), ±1/2, ±1/2, 0);

where τ = √2/2

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