Order-7 heptagonal tiling
| Order-7 heptagonal tiling | |
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 Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
| Type | Hyperbolic regular tiling |
| Vertex configuration | 77 |
| Schläfli symbol | {7,7} |
| Wythoff symbol | 7 | 7 2 |
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| Symmetry group | [7,7], (*772) |
| Dual | self dual |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive |
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.
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See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Order-7 heptagonal tiling.
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.
External links
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Hyperbolic tiling". MathWorld.
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Poincaré hyperbolic disk". MathWorld.
- Hyperbolic and Spherical Tiling Gallery
- KaleidoTile 3: Educational software to create spherical, planar and hyperbolic tilings
- Hyperbolic Planar Tessellations, Don Hatch
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