Snub tetraheptagonal tiling

Snub tetraheptagonal tiling
Snub tetraheptagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration 3.3.4.3.7
Schläfli symbol sr{7,4} or
Wythoff symbol | 7 4 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group [7,4]+, (742)
Dual Order-7-4 floret pentagonal tiling
Properties Vertex-transitive Chiral

In geometry, the snub tetraheptagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{7,4}.

Images edit

Drawn in chiral pairs, with edges missing between black triangles:

  

Dual tiling edit

The dual is called an order-7-4 floret pentagonal tiling, defined by face configuration V3.3.4.3.7.

Related polyhedra and tiling edit

The snub tetraheptagonal tiling is sixth 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
Symmetry
4n2
Spherical Euclidean Compact hyperbolic Paracomp.
242 342 442 542 642 742 842 ∞42
Snub
figures
               
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
       
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 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

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.

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