Snub tetraheptagonal tiling

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Snub tetraheptagonal tiling
Snub tetraheptagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration 3.3.4.3.7
Schläfli symbol sr{7,4} or s{74}
Wythoff symbol | 7 4 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group [7,4]+, (742)
Dual Order-7-4 floret pentagonal tiling
Properties Vertex-transitive Chiral

In geometry, the snub tetraheptagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{7,4}.

Images

Drawn in chiral pairs, with edges missing between black triangles:

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Dual tiling

The dual is called an order-7-4 floret pentagonal tiling, defined by face configuration V3.3.4.3.7.

The snub tetraheptagonal tiling is sixth in a series of snub polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure 3.3.4.3.n.

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. 

See also