Snub tetrahexagonal tiling | |
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Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
Type | Hyperbolic uniform tiling |
Vertex configuration | 3.3.4.3.6 |
Schläfli symbol | sr{6,4} or |
Wythoff symbol | | 6 4 2 |
Coxeter diagram | or |
Symmetry group | , (642) |
Dual | Order-6-4 floret pentagonal tiling |
Properties | Vertex-transitive Chiral |
In geometry, the snub tetrahexagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{6,4}.
Images
Drawn in chiral pairs, with edges missing between black triangles:
Related polyhedra and tiling
The snub tetrahexagonal tiling is fifth in a series of snub polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure 3.3.4.3.n.
4n2 symmetry mutations of snub tilings: 3.3.4.3.n | ||||||||
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Symmetry 4n2 |
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242 | 342 | 442 | 542 | 642 | 742 | 842 | ∞42 | |
Snub figures |
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Config. | 3.3.4.3.2 | 3.3.4.3.3 | 3.3.4.3.4 | 3.3.4.3.5 | 3.3.4.3.6 | 3.3.4.3.7 | 3.3.4.3.8 | 3.3.4.3.∞ |
Gyro figures |
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Config. | V3.3.4.3.2 | V3.3.4.3.3 | V3.3.4.3.4 | V3.3.4.3.5 | V3.3.4.3.6 | V3.3.4.3.7 | V3.3.4.3.8 | V3.3.4.3.∞ |
Uniform tetrahexagonal tilings | |||||||||||
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Symmetry: , (*642) (with (*662), (*443) , (*3222) index 2 subsymmetries) (And (*3232) index 4 subsymmetry) | |||||||||||
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{6,4} | t{6,4} | r{6,4} | t{4,6} | {4,6} | rr{6,4} | tr{6,4} | |||||
Uniform duals | |||||||||||
V6 | V4.12.12 | V(4.6) | V6.8.8 | V4 | V4.4.4.6 | V4.8.12 | |||||
Alternations | |||||||||||
(*443) |
(6*2) |
(*3222) |
(4*3) |
(*662) |
(2*32) |
(642) | |||||
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h{6,4} | s{6,4} | hr{6,4} | s{4,6} | h{4,6} | hrr{6,4} | sr{6,4} |
References
- John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss, The Symmetries of Things 2008, ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5 (Chapter 19, The Hyperbolic Archimedean Tessellations)
- "Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space". The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays. Dover Publications. 1999. ISBN 0-486-40919-8. LCCN 99035678.
See also
External links
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Hyperbolic tiling". MathWorld.
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Poincaré hyperbolic disk". MathWorld.
- Hyperbolic and Spherical Tiling Gallery
- KaleidoTile 3: Educational software to create spherical, planar and hyperbolic tilings
- Hyperbolic Planar Tessellations, Don Hatch
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