| Snub heptaheptagonal tiling | |
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 Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
| Type | Hyperbolic uniform tiling |
| Vertex configuration | 3.3.7.3.7 |
| Schläfli symbol | sr{7,7} or |
| Wythoff symbol | | 7 7 2 |
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| Symmetry group | , (772) , (7*2) |
| Dual | Order-7-7 floret pentagonal tiling |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive |
In geometry, the snub heptaheptagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{7,7}, constructed from two regular heptagons and three equilateral triangles around every vertex.
Images
Drawn in chiral pairs, with edges missing between black triangles:
Symmetry
A double symmetry coloring can be constructed from symmetry with only one color heptagon.
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| {7,4} | t{7,4} | r{7,4} | 2t{7,4}=t{4,7} | 2r{7,4}={4,7} | rr{7,4} | tr{7,4} | sr{7,4} | s{7,4} | h{4,7} | ||
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| V7 | V4.14.14 | V4.7.4.7 | V7.8.8 | V4 | V4.4.7.4 | V4.8.14 | V3.3.4.3.7 | V3.3.7.3.7 | V7 | ||
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| Config. | 3.3.2.3.2 | 3.3.3.3.3 | 3.3.4.3.4 | 3.3.5.3.5 | 3.3.6.3.6 | 3.3.7.3.7 | 3.3.8.3.8 | 3.3.∞.3.∞ | |||
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| Config. | V3.3.2.3.2 | V3.3.3.3.3 | V3.3.4.3.4 | V3.3.5.3.5 | V3.3.6.3.6 | V3.3.7.3.7 | V3.3.8.3.8 | V3.3.∞.3.∞ | |||
See also
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.
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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