Zigzag structure of prisms over antiprisms

Let APrismmAPrism_m be the mm-parameter antiprism, and let Prism(APrismm)Prism(APrism_m) denote the prism over it. Write zz for the zigzag vector and IntInt for intersection vectors. Prism-over-antiprism conjecture. The prism over APrismmAPrism_m has

z=(8mgcd(m,3))8gcd(m,3),z=\left(\frac{8m}{\gcd(m,3)}\right)^{8\gcd(m,3)},

with Int=(2m3)4Int=(\frac{2m}{3})^4 if gcd(m,3)=3\gcd(m,3)=3; otherwise, two zigzags have Int=(0,2m)4Int=(0,2m)^4, two have Int=(0,2m),(2m,4m)Int=(0,2m),(2m,4m), and four have Int=(0,2m)2,(0,4m)Int=(0,2m)^2,(0,4m). The formula is part of the paper's broader conjectural description of prism zigzags; the supplied text gives no proof or resolution.

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Michel Deza and Mathieu Dutour, “Zigzag structure of complexes”, arXiv:math/0405279 (2004).

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