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Truncated order-7 square tiling

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Truncated order-7 square tiling
Truncated order-7 square tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration 8.8.7
Schläfli symbol t{4,7}
Wythoff symbol 2 7 | 4
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group [7,4], (*742)
Dual Order-4 heptakis heptagonal tiling
Properties Vertex-transitive

In geometry, the truncated order-7 square tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of t0,1{4,7}.

*n42 symmetry mutation of truncated tilings: n.8.8
Symmetry
*n42
[n,4]
Spherical Euclidean Compact hyperbolic Paracompact
*242
[2,4]
*342
[3,4]
*442
[4,4]
*542
[5,4]
*642
[6,4]
*742
[7,4]
*842
[8,4]...
*∞42
[∞,4]
Truncated
figures
Config. 2.8.8 3.8.8 4.8.8 5.8.8 6.8.8 7.8.8 8.8.8 ∞.8.8
n-kis
figures
Config. V2.8.8 V3.8.8 V4.8.8 V5.8.8 V6.8.8 V7.8.8 V8.8.8 V∞.8.8
Uniform heptagonal/square tilings
Symmetry: [7,4], (*742) [7,4]+, (742) [7+,4], (7*2) [7,4,1+], (*772)
{7,4} t{7,4} r{7,4} 2t{7,4}=t{4,7} 2r{7,4}={4,7} rr{7,4} tr{7,4} sr{7,4} s{7,4} h{4,7}
Uniform duals
V74 V4.14.14 V4.7.4.7 V7.8.8 V47 V4.4.7.4 V4.8.14 V3.3.4.3.7 V3.3.7.3.7 V77

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.

See also