Truncated order-6 square tiling
In geometry, the truncated order-6 square tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of t{4,6}.
Truncated order-6 square tiling | |
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Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
Type | Hyperbolic uniform tiling |
Vertex configuration | 8.8.6 |
Schläfli symbol | t{4,6} |
Wythoff symbol | 4 |
Coxeter diagram | |
Symmetry group | [6,4], (*642) [(3,3,4)], (*334) |
Dual | Order-4 hexakis hexagonal tiling |
Properties | Vertex-transitive |
Uniform colorings
The half symmetry [1+,6,4] = [(4,4,3)] can be shown with alternating two colors of octagons, with as Coxeter diagram . |
Symmetry
The dual tiling represents the fundamental domains of the *443 orbifold symmetry. There are two reflective subgroup kaleidoscopic constructed from [(4,4,3)] by removing one or two of three mirrors. In these images fundamental domains are alternately colored black and cyan, and mirrors exist on the boundaries between colors.
A larger subgroup is constructed [(4,4,3*)], index 6, as (3*22) with gyration points removed, becomes (*222222).
The symmetry can be doubled as 642 symmetry by adding a mirror bisecting the fundamental domain.
Small index subgroups of [(4,4,3)] (*443) | |||||||||||
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Index | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
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Coxeter (orbifold) |
[(4,4,3)] = (*443) |
[(4,1+,4,3)] = = (*3232) |
[(4,4,3+)] = (3*22) |
[(4,4,3*)] = (*222222) | |||||||
Direct subgroups | |||||||||||
Index | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||
Diagram | |||||||||||
Coxeter (orbifold) |
[(4,4,3)]+ = (443) |
[(4,4,3+)]+ = = (3232) |
[(4,4,3*)]+ = (222222) |
Related polyhedra and tiling
From a Wythoff construction there are eight hyperbolic uniform tilings that can be based from the regular order-4 hexagonal tiling.
Drawing the tiles colored as red on the original faces, yellow at the original vertices, and blue along the original edges, there are 8 forms.
Uniform tetrahexagonal tilings | |||||||||||
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Symmetry: [6,4], (*642) (with [6,6] (*662), [(4,3,3)] (*443) , [∞,3,∞] (*3222) index 2 subsymmetries) (And [(∞,3,∞,3)] (*3232) index 4 subsymmetry) | |||||||||||
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{6,4} | t{6,4} | r{6,4} | t{4,6} | {4,6} | rr{6,4} | tr{6,4} | |||||
Uniform duals | |||||||||||
V64 | V4.12.12 | V(4.6)2 | V6.8.8 | V46 | V4.4.4.6 | V4.8.12 | |||||
Alternations | |||||||||||
[1+,6,4] (*443) |
[6+,4] (6*2) |
[6,1+,4] (*3222) |
[6,4+] (4*3) |
[6,4,1+] (*662) |
[(6,4,2+)] (2*32) |
[6,4]+ (642) | |||||
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h{6,4} | s{6,4} | hr{6,4} | s{4,6} | h{4,6} | hrr{6,4} | sr{6,4} |
It can also be generated from the (4 4 3) hyperbolic tilings:
Uniform (4,4,3) tilings | ||||||||||
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Symmetry: [(4,4,3)] (*443) | [(4,4,3)]+ (443) |
[(4,4,3+)] (3*22) |
[(4,1+,4,3)] (*3232) | |||||||
h{6,4} t0(4,4,3) |
h2{6,4} t0,1(4,4,3) |
{4,6}1/2 t1(4,4,3) |
h2{6,4} t1,2(4,4,3) |
h{6,4} t2(4,4,3) |
r{6,4}1/2 t0,2(4,4,3) |
t{4,6}1/2 t0,1,2(4,4,3) |
s{4,6}1/2 s(4,4,3) |
hr{4,6}1/2 hr(4,3,4) |
h{4,6}1/2 h(4,3,4) |
q{4,6} h1(4,3,4) |
Uniform duals | ||||||||||
V(3.4)4 | V3.8.4.8 | V(4.4)3 | V3.8.4.8 | V(3.4)4 | V4.6.4.6 | V6.8.8 | V3.3.3.4.3.4 | V(4.4.3)2 | V66 | V4.3.4.6.6 |
*n42 symmetry mutation of truncated tilings: n.8.8 | |||||||||||
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Symmetry *n42 [n,4] |
Spherical | Euclidean | Compact hyperbolic | Paracompact | |||||||
*242 [2,4] |
*342 [3,4] |
*442 [4,4] |
*542 [5,4] |
*642 [6,4] |
*742 [7,4] |
*842 [8,4]... |
*∞42 [∞,4] | ||||
Truncated figures |
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Config. | 2.8.8 | 3.8.8 | 4.8.8 | 5.8.8 | 6.8.8 | 7.8.8 | 8.8.8 | ∞.8.8 | |||
n-kis figures |
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Config. | V2.8.8 | V3.8.8 | V4.8.8 | V5.8.8 | V6.8.8 | V7.8.8 | V8.8.8 | V∞.8.8 |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uniform tiling 6-8-8. |
- Square tiling
- Tilings of regular polygons
- List of uniform planar tilings
- List of regular polytopes
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.