Order-7 heptagonal tiling

In geometry, the order-7 heptagonal tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {7,7}, constructed from seven heptagons around every vertex. As such, it is self-dual.

Order-7 heptagonal tiling

Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration77
Schläfli symbol{7,7}
Wythoff symbol7 | 7 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group[7,7], (*772)
Dualself dual
PropertiesVertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive
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See also

References

  • John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, 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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