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 ${\displaystyle {\begin{Bmatrix}7\\3\end{Bmatrix}}}$
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.

7-3 Rhombille

7-3 rhombille tiling
Faces	Rhombi
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group	[7,3], *732
Rotation group	[7,3]+, (732)
Dual polyhedron	Triheptagonal tiling
Face configuration	V3.7.3.7
Properties	edge-transitive face-transitive

In geometry, the 7-3 rhombille tiling is a tessellation of identical rhombi on the hyperbolic plane. Sets of three and seven rhombi meet two classes of vertices.

7-3 rhombile tiling in band model

Related polyhedra and tilings

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

Quasiregular tilings: (3.n)2 v t e
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	(3.5)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 v t e
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 v t e
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

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