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Order-7 square tiling 
Summary
| Order-7 square tiling | |
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 Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
| Type | Hyperbolic regular tiling |
| Vertex configuration | 47 |
| Schläfli symbol | {4,7} |
| Wythoff symbol | 7 | 4 2 |
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| Symmetry group | [7,4], (*742) |
| Dual | Order-4 heptagonal tiling |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive |
In geometry, the order-7 square tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {4,7}.
Related polyhedra and tiling
editThis tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure (4n).
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 {4,3} 
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 {4,4}
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 {4,5} 
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 {4,6} 
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 {4,∞} 
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| Symmetry: [7,4], (*742) | [7,4]+, (742) | [7+,4], (7*2) | [7,4,1+], (*772) | ||||||||
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| {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} | ||
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| 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 | ||
This tiling is a part of regular series {n,7}:
| Tiles of the form {n,7} | ||||||||
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| Spherical | Hyperbolic tilings | |||||||
 {2,7} 
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 {3,7}
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 {4,7}  {5,7}
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 {6,7}
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 {7,7}
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 {8,7}
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... |  {∞,7}
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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.
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Order-7 square tiling.
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