Truncated order-6 square tiling
| Truncated order-6 square tiling | |
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| Type | Hyperbolic uniform tiling |
| Vertex configuration | 8.8.6 |
| Schläfli symbol | t{4,6} |
| Wythoff symbol | 2 6 | 4 |
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| Symmetry group | [6,4], (*642) [(3,3,4)], (*334) |
| Dual | Order-4 hexakis hexagonal tiling |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive |
In geometry, the truncated order-6 square tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of t{4,6}.
Uniform colorings
 The half symmetry [1+,6,4] = [(4,4,3)] can be shown with alternating two colors of octagons, with as Coxeter diagram   .
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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.
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| Index | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
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[(4,4,3)] =    (*443) |
[(4,1+,4,3)] =  =  (*3232) |
[(4,4,3+)] =  (3*22) |
[(4,4,3*)] =   (*222222) | |||||||
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| Index | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||
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| Coxeter (orbifold) |
[(4,4,3)]+ =  (443) |
[(4,4,3+)]+ = =  (3232) |
[(4,4,3*)]+ = (222222) | ||||||||
Related polyhedra and tilings
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.
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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} | |||||
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| V64 | V4.12.12 | V(4.6)2 | V6.8.8 | V46 | V4.4.4.6 | V4.8.12 | |||||
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| [1+,6,4] (*443) |
[6+,4] (6*2) |
[6,1+,4] (*3222) |
[6,4+] (4*3) |
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It can also be generated from the (4 4 3) hyperbolic tilings:
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| Symmetry: [(4,4,3)] (*443) | [(4,4,3)]+ (443) |
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| 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) |
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| 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] |
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| *242 [2,4] |
*342 [3,4] |
*442 [4,4] |
*542 [5,4] |
*642 [6,4] |
*742 [7,4] |
*842 [8,4]... |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
| *n32 symmetry mutation of omnitruncated tilings: 6.8.2n | ||||||||||||
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| Sym. *n43 [(n,4,3)] |
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| *243 [4,3] |
*343 [(3,4,3)] |
*443 [(4,4,3)] |
*543 [(5,4,3)] |
*643 [(6,4,3)] |
*743 [(7,4,3)] |
*843 [(8,4,3)] |
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| Config. | 4.8.6 | 6.8.6 | 8.8.6 | 10.8.6 | 12.8.6 | 14.8.6 | 16.8.6 | ∞.8.6 | ||||
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| Config. | V4.8.6 | V6.8.6 | V8.8.6 | V10.8.6 | V12.8.6 | V14.8.6 | V16.8.6 | V6.8.∞ | ||||
See also
References
- 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.
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
