Order-6 apeirogonal tiling

Summary

Order-6 apeirogonal tiling
Order-6 apeirogonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration 6
Schläfli symbol {∞,6}
Wythoff symbol 6 | ∞ 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group [∞,6], (*∞62)
Dual Infinite-order hexagonal tiling
Properties Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive edge-transitive

In geometry, the order-6 apeirogonal tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {∞,6}.

Symmetry edit

The dual to this tiling represents the fundamental domains of [∞,6*] symmetry, orbifold notation *∞∞∞∞∞∞ symmetry, a hexagonal domain with five ideal vertices.

 

The order-6 apeirogonal tiling can be uniformly colored with 6 colored apeirogons around each vertex, and coxeter diagram:       , except ultraparallel branches on the diagonals.

Related polyhedra and tiling edit

This tiling is also topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with six faces per vertex, starting with the triangular tiling, with Schläfli symbol {n,6}, and Coxeter diagram      , with n progressing to infinity.

Regular tilings {n,6}
Spherical Euclidean Hyperbolic tilings
 
{2,6}
     
 
{3,6}
     
 
{4,6}
     
 
{5,6}
     
 
{6,6}
     
 
{7,6}
     
 
{8,6}
     
...  
{∞,6}      See also edit

References edit

  • 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.

External links edit

  • 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