Order-8 pentagonal tiling

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Order-8 pentagonal tiling
Order-8 pentagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration 58
Schläfli symbol {5,8}
Wythoff symbol 8 h 5 2
Coxeter diagram CDel node.pngCDel 8.pngCDel node.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node 1.png
Symmetry group [8,5], (*852)
Dual
Properties Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive

In geometry, the order-8 pentagonal tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {5,8}.

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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.

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