Infinite-order pentagonal tiling
| Infinite-order pentagonal tiling | |
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 Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
| Type | Hyperbolic regular tiling |
| Vertex configuration | 5∞ |
| Schläfli symbol | {5,∞} |
| Wythoff symbol | ∞ | 5 2 |
| Coxeter diagram |       
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| Symmetry group | [∞,5], (*∞52) |
| Dual | Order-5 apeirogonal tiling |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive |
In 2-dimensional hyperbolic geometry, the infinite-order pentagonal tiling is a regular tiling. It has Schläfli symbol of {5,∞}. All vertices are ideal, located at "infinity", seen on the boundary of the Poincaré hyperbolic disk projection.
Symmetry
[edit]There is a half symmetry form, , seen with alternating colors:
Related polyhedra and tiling
[edit]This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure (5n).
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{5,∞}
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| Symmetry: [∞,5], (*∞52) | [∞,5]+ (∞52) |
[1+,∞,5] (*∞55) |
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| {∞,5} | t{∞,5} | r{∞,5} | 2t{∞,5}=t{5,∞} | 2r{∞,5}={5,∞} | rr{∞,5} | tr{∞,5} | sr{∞,5} | h{∞,5} | h2{∞,5} | s{5,∞} | |
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| V∞5 | V5.∞.∞ | V5.∞.5.∞ | V∞.10.10 | V5∞ | V4.5.4.∞ | V4.10.∞ | V3.3.5.3.∞ | V(∞.5)5 | V3.5.3.5.3.∞ | ||
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Infinite-order pentagonal tiling.
References
[edit]- John H. Conway; Heidi Burgiel; Chaim Goodman-Strauss (2008). "Chapter 19, The Hyperbolic Archimedean Tessellations". The Symmetries of Things. ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5.
- H. S. M. Coxeter (1999). "Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space". The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays. Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-40919-8. LCCN 99035678.
External links
[edit]- Weisstein, Eric W. "Hyperbolic tiling". MathWorld.
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Poincaré hyperbolic disk". MathWorld.
- Hyperbolic and Spherical Tiling Gallery Archived 2013-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
