Order-4 heptagonal tiling

In geometry, the order-4 heptagonal tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {7,4}.

Order-4 heptagonal tiling

Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration74
Schläfli symbol{7,4}
r{7,7}
Wythoff symbol7 2
2 | 7 7
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group[7,4], (*742)
[7,7], (*772)
DualOrder-7 square tiling
PropertiesVertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive

Symmetry

This tiling represents a hyperbolic kaleidoscope of 7 mirrors meeting as edges of a regular heptagon. This symmetry by orbifold notation is called *2222222 with 7 order-2 mirror intersections. In Coxeter notation can be represented as [1+,7,1+,4], removing two of three mirrors (passing through the heptagon center) in the [7,4] symmetry.

The kaleidoscopic domains can be seen as bicolored heptagons, representing mirror images of the fundamental domain. This coloring represents the uniform tiling t1{7,7} and as a quasiregular tiling is called a heptaheptagonal tiling.

This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular tilings with heptagonal faces, starting with the heptagonal tiling, with Schläfli symbol {6,n}, and Coxeter diagram , progressing to infinity.


{7,3}
{7,4}
{7,5}
{7,6}
{7,7}

This tiling is also topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with four faces per vertex, starting with the octahedron, with Schläfli symbol {n,4}, and Coxeter diagram , with n progressing to infinity.

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)
  • "Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space". The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays. Dover Publications. 1999. ISBN 0-486-40919-8. LCCN 99035678.

See also
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