Spherical | Euclidean | Hyperbolic | |||
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{5,3} 5.5.5 |
{6,3} 6.6.6 |
{7,3} 7.7.7 |
{∞,3} ∞.∞.∞ | ||
Regular tilings {p,q} of the sphere, Euclidean plane, and hyperbolic plane using regular pentagonal, hexagonal and heptagonal and apeirogonal faces. | |||||
t{5,3} 10.10.3 |
t{6,3} 12.12.3 |
t{7,3} 14.14.3 |
t{∞,3} ∞.∞.3 | ||
Truncated tilings have 2p.2p.q vertex figures from regular {p,q}. | |||||
r{5,3} 3.5.3.5 |
r{6,3} 3.6.3.6 |
r{7,3} 3.7.3.7 |
r{∞,3} 3.∞.3.∞ | ||
Quasiregular tilings are similar to regular tilings but alternate two types of regular polygon around each vertex. | |||||
rr{5,3} 3.4.5.4 |
rr{6,3} 3.4.6.4 |
rr{7,3} 3.4.7.4 |
rr{∞,3} 3.4.∞.4 | ||
Semiregular tilings have more than one type of regular polygon. | |||||
tr{5,3} 4.6.10 |
tr{6,3} 4.6.12 |
tr{7,3} 4.6.14 |
tr{∞,3} 4.6.∞ | ||
Omnitruncated tilings have three or more even-sided regular polygons. |
Symmetry | Triangular dihedral symmetry |
Tetrahedral |
Octahedral |
Icosahedral |
p6m symmetry |
[3,7] symmetry |
[3,8] symmetry | |||||||
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Starting solid Operation |
Symbol {p,q} |
Triangular hosohedron {2,3} |
Triangular dihedron {3,2} |
Tetrahedron {3,3} |
Cube {4,3} |
Octahedron {3,4} |
Dodecahedron {5,3} |
Icosahedron {3,5} |
Hexagonal tiling {6,3} |
Triangular tiling {3,6} |
Heptagonal tiling {7,3} |
Order-7 triangular tiling {3,7} |
Octagonal tiling {8,3} |
Order-8 triangular tiling {3,8} |
Truncation (t) | t{p,q} |
triangular prism |
truncated triangular dihedron (Half of the "edges" count as degenerate digon faces. The other half are normal edges.) |
truncated tetrahedron |
truncated cube |
truncated octahedron |
truncated dodecahedron |
truncated icosahedron |
Truncated hexagonal tiling |
Truncated triangular tiling |
Truncated heptagonal tiling |
Truncated order-7 triangular tiling |
Truncated octagonal tiling |
Truncated order-8 triangular tiling |
Rectification (r) Ambo (a) |
r{p,q} |
tridihedron (All of the "edges" count as degenerate digon faces.) |
tetratetrahedron |
cuboctahedron |
icosidodecahedron |
Trihexagonal tiling |
Triheptagonal tiling |
Trioctagonal tiling | ||||||
Bitruncation (2t) Dual kis (dk) |
2t{p,q} |
truncated triangular dihedron (Half of the "edges" count as degenerate digon faces. The other half are normal edges.) |
triangular prism |
truncated tetrahedron |
truncated octahedron |
truncated cube |
truncated icosahedron |
truncated dodecahedron |
truncated triangular tiling |
truncated hexagonal tiling |
Truncated order-7 triangular tiling |
Truncated heptagonal tiling |
Truncated order-8 triangular tiling |
Truncated octagonal tiling |
Birectification (2r) Dual (d) |
2r{p,q} |
triangular dihedron {3,2} |
triangular hosohedron {2,3} |
tetrahedron |
octahedron |
cube |
icosahedron |
dodecahedron |
triangular tiling |
hexagonal tiling |
Order-7 triangular tiling |
Heptagonal tiling |
Order-8 triangular tiling |
Octagonal tiling |
Cantellation (rr) Expansion (e) |
rr{p,q} |
triangular prism (The "edge" between each pair of tetragons counts as a degenerate digon face. The other edges (the ones between a trigon and a tetragon) are normal edges.) |
rhombitetratetrahedron |
rhombicuboctahedron |
rhombicosidodecahedron |
rhombitrihexagonal tiling |
Rhombitriheptagonal tiling |
Rhombitrioctagonal tiling | ||||||
Snub rectified (sr) Snub (s) |
sr{p,q} |
triangular antiprism (Three yellow-yellow "edges", no two of which share any vertices, count as degenerate digon faces. The other edges are normal edges.) |
snub tetratetrahedron |
snub cuboctahedron |
snub icosidodecahedron |
snub trihexagonal tiling |
Snub triheptagonal tiling |
Snub trioctagonal tiling | ||||||
Cantitruncation (tr) Bevel (b) |
tr{p,q} |
hexagonal prism |
truncated tetratetrahedron |
truncated cuboctahedron |
truncated icosidodecahedron |
truncated trihexagonal tiling |
Truncated triheptagonal tiling |
Truncated trioctagonal tiling |
In hyperbolic geometry, a uniform hyperbolic tiling (or regular, quasiregular or semiregular hyperbolic tiling) is an edge-to-edge filling of the hyperbolic plane which has regular polygons as faces and is vertex-transitive (transitive on its vertices, isogonal, i.e. there is an isometry mapping any vertex onto any other). It follows that all vertices are congruent, and the tiling has a high degree of rotational and translational symmetry.
Uniform tilings can be identified by their vertex configuration, a sequence of numbers representing the number of sides of the polygons around each vertex. For example, 7.7.7 represents the heptagonal tiling which has 3 heptagons around each vertex. It is also regular since all the polygons are the same size, so it can also be given the Schläfli symbol {7,3}.
Uniform tilings may be regular (if also face- and edge-transitive), quasi-regular (if edge-transitive but not face-transitive) or semi-regular (if neither edge- nor face-transitive). For right triangles (p q 2), there are two regular tilings, represented by Schläfli symbol {p,q} and {q,p}.