Snub tetrahexagonal tiling

Snub tetrahexagonal tiling
Snub tetrahexagonal tiling
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 [6,4]+, (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:

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
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
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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
Symmetry: [6,4], (*642)
(with [6,6] (*662), [(4,3,3)] (*443) , [∞,3,∞] (*3222) index 2 subsymmetries)
(And [(∞,3,∞,3)] (*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
V64 V4.12.12 V(4.6)2 V6.8.8 V46 V4.4.4.6 V4.8.12
Alternations
[1+,6,4]
(*443) 		[6+,4]
(6*2) 		[6,1+,4]
(*3222) 		[6,4+]
(4*3) 		[6,4,1+]
(*662) 		[(6,4,2+)]
(2*32) 		[6,4]+
(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

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