Order-4 heptagonal tiling

(Redirected from 2^7 symmetry)
Order-4 heptagonal tiling
Order-4 heptagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration 74
Schläfli symbol {7,4}
r{7,7}
Wythoff symbol 4 | 7 2
2 | 7 7
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group [7,4], (*742)
[7,7], (*772)
Dual Order-7 square tiling
Properties Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive

In geometry, the order-4 heptagonal tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {7,4}.

Symmetry

edit

This tiling represents a hyperbolic kaleidoscope of 7 mirrors meeting as edges of a regular heptagon. This symmetry by orbifold notation is called *2222222 with 7 order-2 mirror intersections. In Coxeter notation can be represented as [1+,7,1+,4], removing two of three mirrors (passing through the heptagon center) in the [7,4] symmetry.

The kaleidoscopic domains can be seen as bicolored heptagons, representing mirror images of the fundamental domain. This coloring represents the uniform tiling t1{7,7} and as a quasiregular tiling is called a heptaheptagonal tiling.

 
edit
Uniform heptagonal/square tilings
Symmetry: [7,4], (*742) [7,4]+, (742) [7+,4], (7*2) [7,4,1+], (*772)
                                                           
                   
{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}
Uniform duals
                                                           
               
V74 V4.14.14 V4.7.4.7 V7.8.8 V47 V4.4.7.4 V4.8.14 V3.3.4.3.7 V3.3.7.3.7 V77
Uniform heptaheptagonal tilings
Symmetry: [7,7], (*772) [7,7]+, (772)
      =    
=      
      =    
=      
      =    
=      
      =    
=      
      =    
=      
      =    
=      
      =   
=      
      =   
=      
               
{7,7} t{7,7}
r{7,7} 2t{7,7}=t{7,7} 2r{7,7}={7,7} rr{7,7} tr{7,7} sr{7,7}
Uniform duals
                                               
             
V77 V7.14.14 V7.7.7.7 V7.14.14 V77 V4.7.4.7 V4.14.14 V3.3.7.3.7

This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular tilings with heptagonal faces, starting with the heptagonal tiling, with Schläfli symbol {6,n}, and Coxeter diagram      , progressing to infinity.

 
{7,3}
     
 
{7,4}
     
 
{7,5}
     
 
{7,6}
     
 
{7,7}
     

This tiling is also topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with four faces per vertex, starting with the octahedron, with Schläfli symbol {n,4}, and Coxeter diagram      , with n progressing to infinity.

*n42 symmetry mutation of regular tilings: {n,4}
Spherical Euclidean Hyperbolic tilings
               
24 34 44 54 64 74 84 ...4

References

edit
  • 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

edit
edit