# Schwarz lantern

> 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**: [Q56283202](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56283202)  
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