Rhombitetraoctagonal tiling
| Rhombitetraoctagonal tiling | |
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 Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
| Type | Hyperbolic uniform tiling |
| Vertex configuration | 4.4.8.4 |
| Schläfli symbol | rr{8,4} |
| Wythoff symbol | 4 | 8 2 |
| Coxeter diagram |     |
| Symmetry group | [8,4], (*842) |
| Dual | Deltoidal tetraoctagonal tiling |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive |
In geometry, the rhombitetraoctagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of rr{8,4}. It can be seen as constructed as a rectified tetraoctagonal tiling, r{8,4}, as well as an expanded order-4 octagonal tiling or expanded order-8 square tiling.
Constructions
There are two uniform constructions of this tiling, one from [8,4] or (*842) symmetry, and secondly removing the miror middle, [8,1+,4], gives a rectangular fundamental domain [∞,4,∞], (*4222).
| Name | Rhombitetrahexagonal tiling | |
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| Symmetry | [8,4] (*842)    |
[8,1+,4] = [∞,4,∞] (*4222)  =     |
| Schläfli symbol | rr{8,4} | t0,1,2,3{∞,4,∞} |
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Symmetry
A lower symmetry construction exists, with (*4222) orbifold symmetry. This symmetry can be seen in the dual tiling, called a deltoidal tetraoctagonal tiling, alternately colored here. Its fundamental domain is a Lambert quadrilateral, with 3 right angles.
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| The dual tiling, called a deltoidal tetraoctagonal tiling, represents the fundamental domains of the *4222 orbifold. | |
With edge-colorings there is a half symmetry form (4*4) orbifold notation. The octagons can be considered as truncated squares, t{4} with two types of edges. It has Coxeter diagram 
, Schläfli symbol s2{4,8}. The squares can be distorted into isosceles trapezoids. In the limit, where the rectangles degenerate into edges, an order-8 square tiling results, constructed as an snub tetraoctagonal tiling, .
Related polyhedra and tiling
*n42 symmetry mutation of expanded tilings: n.4.4.4
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| [8,4], (*842) (with [8,8] (*882), [(4,4,4)] (*444) , [∞,4,∞] (*4222) index 2 subsymmetries) (And [(∞,4,∞,4)] (*4242) index 4 subsymmetry) | ||||||
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| {8,4} | t{8,4} |
r{8,4} | 2t{8,4}=t{4,8} | 2r{8,4}={4,8} | rr{8,4} | tr{8,4} |
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| V84 | V4.16.16 | V(4.8)2 | V8.8.8 | V48 | V4.4.4.8 | V4.8.16 |
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[8,1+,4] (*4222) |
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| h{8,4} | s{8,4} | hr{8,4} | s{4,8} | h{4,8} | hrr{8,4} | sr{8,4} |
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| V(4.4)4 | V3.(3.8)2 | V(4.4.4)2 | V(3.4)3 | V88 | V4.44 | V3.3.4.3.8 |
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.
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uniform tiling 4-4-4-8. |
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
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