PolyhedronGenus[poly]
gives the genus of the polyhedron poly.


PolyhedronGenus
PolyhedronGenus[poly]
gives the genus of the polyhedron poly.
Details

- PolyhedronGenus is also known as genus.
- PolyhedronGenus gives the maximum number of cuttings along non-intersecting closed simple curves on the surface of the polyhedron without disconnecting the polyhedron.

Examples
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PolyhedronGenus works on polyhedrons:
Properties & Relations (3)
Use EulerCharacteristic to compute PolyhedronGenus for a simple polyhedron:
Convex polyhedron has zero genus:
The genus of UniformPolyhedron is 0:
See Also
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2019), PolyhedronGenus, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolyhedronGenus.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2019. "PolyhedronGenus." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolyhedronGenus.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2019). PolyhedronGenus. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolyhedronGenus.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_polyhedrongenus, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PolyhedronGenus}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolyhedronGenus.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_polyhedrongenus, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PolyhedronGenus}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolyhedronGenus.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}