An infinite
helical (skew) polygon can exist in three dimensions, where the vertices can be seen as limited to the surface of a
cylinder. The sketch on the right is a 3D perspective view of such an infinite regular helical polygon. This infinite helical polygon can be mostly seen as constructed from the vertices in an infinite stack of
uniform n-gonal
prisms or
antiprisms, although in general the twist angle is not limited to an integer divisor of 180°. An infinite helical (skew) polygon has
screw axis symmetry. An infinite stack of
prisms, for example cubes, contain an infinite helical polygon across the diagonals of the square faces, with a twist angle of 90° and with a Schläfli symbol {∞} # {4}. An infinite stack of antiprisms, for example
octahedra, makes infinite helical polygons, 3 here highlighted in red, green, and blue, each with a twist angle of 60° and with a Schläfli symbol {∞} # {6}. A sequence of edges of a
Boerdijk–Coxeter helix can represent infinite regular helical polygons with an irrational twist angle:
Infinite isogonal helical polygons in three dimensions A stack of right
prisms can generate isogonal helical apeirogons alternating edges around axis, and along axis; for example a stack of cubes can generate this isogonal helical apeirogon alternating red and blue edges: Similarly an alternating stack of prisms and antiprisms can produce an infinite isogonal helical polygon; for example, a triangular stack of prisms and antiprisms with an infinite isogonal helical polygon: An infinite isogonal helical polygon with an irrational twist angle can also be constructed from
truncated tetrahedra stacked like a
Boerdijk–Coxeter helix, alternating two types of edges, between pairs of hexagonal faces and pairs of triangular faces: ==References==