Snub heptaheptagonal tiling

In geometry, the snub heptaheptagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{7,7}, constructed from two regular heptagons and three equilateral triangles around every vertex.

Snub heptaheptagonal tiling

Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration3.3.7.3.7
Schläfli symbolsr{7,7} or
Wythoff symbol| 7 7 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group[7,7]+, (772)
[7+,4], (7*2)
DualOrder-7-7 floret pentagonal tiling
PropertiesVertex-transitive

Images

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

Symmetry

A double symmetry coloring can be constructed from [7,4] symmetry with only one color heptagon.

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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