Order-6 pentagonal tiling

Order-6 pentagonal tiling
Order-6 pentagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration56
Schläfli symbol{5,6}
Wythoff symbol6 | 5 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group[6,5], (*652)
DualOrder-5 hexagonal tiling
PropertiesVertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive

In geometry, the order-6 pentagonal tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {5,6}.

Uniform coloring

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This regular tiling can also be constructed from [(5,5,3)] symmetry alternating two colors of pentagons, represented by t1(5,5,3).

Symmetry

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This tiling represents a hyperbolic kaleidoscope of 6 mirrors defining a regular hexagon fundamental domain, and 5 mirrors meeting at a point. This symmetry by orbifold notation is called *33333 with 5 order-3 mirror intersections.

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This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular tilings with order-6 vertices with Schläfli symbol {n,6}, and Coxeter diagram , progressing to infinity.

Regular tilings {n,6}
SphericalEuclideanHyperbolic tilings

{2,6}

{3,6}

{4,6}

{5,6}

{6,6}

{7,6}

{8,6}
...
{∞,6}
Uniform hexagonal/pentagonal tilings
Symmetry: [6,5], (*652)[6,5]+, (652)[6,5+], (5*3)[1+,6,5], (*553)
{6,5}t{6,5}r{6,5}2t{6,5}=t{5,6}2r{6,5}={5,6}rr{6,5}tr{6,5}sr{6,5}s{5,6}h{6,5}
Uniform duals
V65V5.12.12V5.6.5.6V6.10.10V56V4.5.4.6V4.10.12V3.3.5.3.6V3.3.3.5.3.5V(3.5)5

References

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  • 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.

See also

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