Infinite-order square tiling

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Infinite-order square tiling
Infinite-order square tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration 4
Schläfli symbol {4,∞}
Wythoff symbol ∞ | 4 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group [∞,4], (*∞42)
Dual Order-4 apeirogonal tiling
Properties Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive

In geometry, the infinite-order square tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {4,∞}. All vertices are ideal, located at "infinity", seen on the boundary of the Poincaré hyperbolic disk projection.

Uniform colorings

There is a half symmetry form, , seen with alternating colors:

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Symmetry

This tiling represents the mirror lines of *∞∞∞∞ symmetry. The dual to this tiling defines the fundamental domains of (*2) orbifold symmetry.

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This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure (4n).

See also

References

  • John H. Conway; Heidi Burgiel; Chaim Goodman-Strauss (2008). "Chapter 19, The Hyperbolic Archimedean Tessellations". The Symmetries of Things. ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5. 
  • H. S. M. Coxeter (1999). "Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space". The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays. Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-40919-8.