Order-6 apeirogonal tiling

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

Symmetry

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

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The order-6 apeirogonal tiling can be uniformly colored with 6 colored apeirogons around each vertex, and coxeter diagram: CDel labelinfin.pngCDel branch 11.pngCDel iaib.pngCDel nodes 11.pngCDel split2-ii.pngCDel node 1.png, except ultraparallel branches on the diagonals.

Related polyhedra and tiling

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 CDel node 1.pngCDel n.pngCDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.png, with n progressing to infinity.


See also

  • Tilings of regular polygons
  • List of uniform planar tilings
  • List of regular polytopes

References

  • 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. 

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