Skip to content
EntityQ56283202· pop 6· linked from 67 articles

Schwarz lantern

Sign in to save

Also known as Schwarz boot

polyhedral approximation to a cylinder obtained by stacking antiprisms, used as a pathological example to demonstrate that limits of surface areas of polyhedral approximations do not always equal the true surface area

Wikidata facts

Instance of
indexed family
Has part
antiprism
Named after
Hermann Schwarz
Image
Hermann Amandus Schwarz - Schwarzscher Stiefel - Schwarz boot 78.JPG
Show 5 more facts
is metaclass for
surface
discoverer or inventor
Hermann Schwarz
facet of
surface area
studied by
solid geometry
Commons category
Schwarz lantern

via Wikidata · CC0

Available in 5 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0