Snub octaoctagonal tiling

In geometry, the snub octaoctagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{8,8}.

Snub octaoctagonal tiling

Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration3.3.8.3.8
Schläfli symbols{8,4}
sr{8,8}
Wythoff symbol| 8 8 2
Coxeter diagram
or
Symmetry group[8,8]+, (882)
[8+,4], (8*2)
DualOrder-8-8 floret hexagonal tiling
PropertiesVertex-transitive

Images

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

Symmetry

A higher symmetry coloring can be constructed from [8,4] symmetry as s{8,4}, . In this construction there is only one color of octagon.

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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