Snub tetrahexagonal tiling

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Snub tetrahexagonal tiling
Snub tetrahexagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration 3.3.4.3.6
Schläfli symbol sr{6,4}
Wythoff symbol | 6 4 2
Coxeter diagram CDel node h.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.png
Symmetry group [6,4]+, (642)
Dual Order-6-4 floret pentagonal tiling
Properties Vertex-transitive Chiral

In geometry, the snub tetrahexagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{6,4}.

Images

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

H2 snub 246a.pngH2 snub 246b.png

Related polyhedra and tiling

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

References

  • John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, The Symmetries of Things 2008, ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5 (Chapter 19, The Hyperbolic Archimedean Tessellations)
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