Snub tetraapeirogonal tiling
Snub tetraapeirogonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration3.3.4.3.
Schläfli symbolsr{,4} or
Wythoff symbol| 4 2
Coxeter diagram or
Symmetry group[,4]+, (42)
DualOrder-4-infinite floret pentagonal tiling
PropertiesVertex-transitive Chiral

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

Images

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

The snub tetrapeirogonal tiling is last in an infinite 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.
Paracompact uniform tilings in [,4] family
{,4} t{,4} r{,4} 2t{,4}=t{4,} 2r{,4}={4,} rr{,4} tr{,4}
Dual figures
V4 V4.. V(4.)2 V8.8. V4 V43. V4.8.
Alternations
[1+,,4]
(*44)
[+,4]
(*2)
[,1+,4]
(*22)
[,4+]
(4*)
[,4,1+]
(*2)
[(,4,2+)]
(2*2)
[,4]+
(42)

=

=
h{,4} s{,4} hr{,4} s{4,} h{4,} hrr{,4} s{,4}
Alternation duals
V(.4)4 V3.(3.)2 V(4..4)2 V3..(3.4)2 V V.44 V3.3.4.3.

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.


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