Triheptagonal tiling

Triheptagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type	Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration	(3.7)2
Schläfli symbol	r{7,3} or
Wythoff symbol	2 | 7 3
Coxeter diagram	or
Symmetry group	[7,3], (*732)
Dual	Order-7-3 rhombille tiling
Properties	Vertex-transitive edge-transitive

In geometry, the triheptagonal tiling is a semiregular tiling of the hyperbolic plane, representing a rectified Order-3 heptagonal tiling. There are two triangles and two heptagons alternating on each vertex. It has Schläfli symbol of r{7,3}.

Compare to trihexagonal tiling with vertex configuration 3.6.3.6.

Images

Klein disk model of this tiling preserves straight lines, but distorts angles

The dual tiling is called an Order-7-3 rhombille tiling, made from rhombic faces, alternating 3 and 7 per vertex.

Related polyhedra and tilings

The triheptagonal tiling can be seen in a sequence of quasiregular polyhedrons and tilings:

Quasiregular tilings: (3.n)2
Sym. *n32 [n,3]	Spherical			Euclid.	Compact hyperb.		Paraco.	Noncompact hyperbolic
	*332 [3,3] Td	*432 [4,3] Oh	*532 [5,3] Ih	*632 [6,3] p6m	*732 [7,3]	*832 [8,3]...	*∞32 [∞,3]	[12i,3]	[9i,3]	[6i,3]
Figure
Figure
Vertex	(3.3)2	(3.4)2	(3.6)2	(3.6)2	(3.7)2	(3.8)2	(3.∞)2	(3.12i)2	(3.9i)2	(3.6i)2
Schläfli	r{3,3}	r{3,4}	r{3,5}	r{3,6}	r{3,7}	r{3,8}	r{3,∞}	r{3,12i}	r{3,9i}	r{3,6i}
Coxeter
Dual uniform figures
Dual conf.	V(3.3)2	V(3.4)2	V(3.5)2	V(3.6)2	V(3.7)2	V(3.8)2	V(3.∞)2

From a Wythoff construction there are eight hyperbolic uniform tilings that can be based from the regular heptagonal 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 heptagonal/triangular tilings
Symmetry: [7,3], (*732)							[7,3]+, (732)
{7,3}	t{7,3}	r{7,3}	t{3,7}	{3,7}	rr{7,3}	tr{7,3}	sr{7,3}
Uniform duals
V73	V3.14.14	V3.7.3.7	V6.6.7	V37	V3.4.7.4	V4.6.14	V3.3.3.3.7

Dimensional family of quasiregular polyhedra and tilings: 7.n.7.n
Symmetry *7n2 [n,7]	Hyperbolic...						Paracompact	Noncompact
	*732 [3,7]	*742 [4,7]	*752 [5,7]	*762 [6,7]	*772 [7,7]	*872 [8,7]...	*∞72 [∞,7]	[iπ/λ,7]
Coxeter
Quasiregular figures configuration	3.7.3.7	4.7.4.7	7.5.7.5	7.6.7.6	7.7.7.7	7.8.7.8	7.∞.7.∞	7.∞.7.∞

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uniform tiling 3-7-3-7.

• Trihexagonal tiling - 3.6.3.6 tiling
  • Rhombille tiling - dual V3.6.3.6 tiling
• Tilings of regular polygons
• List of uniform tilings

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.

External links

• Weisstein, Eric W. "Hyperbolic tiling". MathWorld.
• Weisstein, Eric W. "Poincaré hyperbolic disk". MathWorld.
• Hyperbolic and Spherical Tiling Gallery
• KaleidoTile 3: Educational software to create spherical, planar and hyperbolic tilings
• Hyperbolic Planar Tessellations, Don Hatch