Tetraheptagonal tiling

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

Tetraheptagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type	Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration	(4.7)2
Schläfli symbol	r{7,4} or ${\displaystyle {\begin{Bmatrix}7\\4\end{Bmatrix}}}$ rr{7,7}
Wythoff symbol	2 | 7 4 7 7 | 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group	[7,4], (*742) [7,7], (*772)
Dual	Order-7-4 rhombille tiling
Properties	Vertex-transitive edge-transitive

Symmetry

A half symmetry [1+,4,7] = [7,7] construction exists, which can be seen as two colors of heptagons. This coloring can be called a rhombiheptaheptagonal tiling.

The dual tiling is made of rhombic faces and has a face configuration V4.7.4.7.

Related polyhedra and tiling

*n42 symmetry mutations of quasiregular tilings: (4.n)2 v t e
Symmetry *4n2 [n,4]	Spherical	Euclidean	Compact hyperbolic				Paracompact	Noncompact
	*342 [3,4]	*442 [4,4]	*542 [5,4]	*642 [6,4]	*742 [7,4]	*842 [8,4]...	*∞42 [∞,4]	[ni,4]
Figures
Config.	(4.3)2	(4.4)2	(4.5)2	(4.6)2	(4.7)2	(4.8)2	(4.∞)2	(4.ni)2

Uniform heptagonal/square tilings v t e
Symmetry: [7,4], (*742)							[7,4]+, (742)	[7+,4], (7*2)	[7,4,1+], (*772)
{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}
Uniform duals
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

Uniform heptaheptagonal tilings v t e
Symmetry: [7,7], (*772)							[7,7]+, (772)
= =	= =	= =	= =	= =	= =	= =	= =
{7,7}	t{7,7}	r{7,7}	2t{7,7}=t{7,7}	2r{7,7}={7,7}	rr{7,7}	tr{7,7}	sr{7,7}
Uniform duals
V77	V7.14.14	V7.7.7.7	V7.14.14	V77	V4.7.4.7	V4.14.14	V3.3.7.3.7

Dimensional family of quasiregular polyhedra and tilings: (7.n)2 v t e
Symmetry *7n2 [n,7]	Hyperbolic...						Paracompact	Noncompact
	*732 [3,7]	*742 [4,7]	*752 [5,7]	*762 [6,7]	*772 [7,7]	*872 [8,7]...	*∞72 [∞,7]	[iπ/λ,7]
Coxeter
Quasiregular figures configuration	3.7.3.7	4.7.4.7	7.5.7.5	7.6.7.6	7.7.7.7	7.8.7.8	7.∞.7.∞	7.∞.7.∞

See also

• Uniform tilings in hyperbolic plane
• 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. LCCN 99035678.

External links

• 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