Snub pentapentagonal tiling

In geometry, the snub pentapentagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{5,5}, constructed from two regular pentagons and three equilateral triangles around every vertex.

Snub pentapentagonal tiling

Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration3.3.5.3.5
Schläfli symbols{5,4}
sr{5,5}
Wythoff symbol| 5 5 2
Coxeter diagram
or
Symmetry group[5+,4], (5*2)
[5,5]+, (552)
DualOrder-5-5 floret pentagonal tiling
PropertiesVertex-transitive

Images

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

Symmetry

A double symmetry coloring can be constructed from [5,4] symmetry with only one color pentagon. It has Schläfli symbol s{5,4}, and Coxeter diagram .

See also

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.
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