Snub hexahexagonal tiling

Snub hexahexagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type	Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration	3.3.6.3.6
Schläfli symbol	s{6,4} sr{6,6}
Wythoff symbol	| 6 6 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group	[6,6]+, (662) [6+,4], (6*2)
Dual
Properties	Vertex-transitive

In geometry, the snub hexahexagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{6,6}.

Images[]

Drawn in chiral pairs, with edges missing between black triangles:

Symmetry[]

A higher symmetry coloring can be constructed from [6,4] symmetry as s{6,4}, . In this construction there is only one color of hexagon.

Related polyhedra and tiling[]

Uniform hexahexagonal tilings v
Symmetry: [6,6], (*662)
= =	= =	= =	= =	= =	= =	= =
{6,6} = h{4,6}	t{6,6} = h2{4,6}	r{6,6} {6,4}	t{6,6} = h2{4,6}	{6,6} = h{4,6}	rr{6,6} r{6,4}	tr{6,6} t{6,4}
Uniform duals
V66	V6.12.12	V6.6.6.6	V6.12.12	V66	V4.6.4.6	V4.12.12
Alternations
[1+,6,6] (*663)	[6+,6] (6*3)	[6,1+,6] (*3232)	[6,6+] (6*3)	[6,6,1+] (*663)	[(6,6,2+)] (2*33)	[6,6]+ (662)
=		=		=
h{6,6}	s{6,6}	hr{6,6}	s{6,6}	h{6,6}	hrr{6,6}	sr{6,6}

Uniform tetrahexagonal tilings v
Symmetry: [6,4], (*642) (with [6,6] (*662), [(4,3,3)] (*443) , [∞,3,∞] (*3222) index 2 subsymmetries) (And [(∞,3,∞,3)] (*3232) index 4 subsymmetry)
= = =	=	= = =	=	= = =	=
{6,4}	t{6,4}	r{6,4}	t{4,6}	{4,6}	rr{6,4}	tr{6,4}
Uniform duals
V64	V4.12.12	V(4.6)2	V6.8.8	V46	V4.4.4.6	V4.8.12
Alternations
[1+,6,4] (*443)	[6+,4] (6*2)	[6,1+,4] (*3222)	[6,4+] (4*3)	[6,4,1+] (*662)	[(6,4,2+)] (2*32)	[6,4]+ (642)
=	=	=	=	=	=
h{6,4}	s{6,4}		s{4,6}	h{4,6}		sr{6,4}

4n2 symmetry mutations of snub tilings: 3.3.n.3.n
Symmetry 4n2	Spherical		Euclidean	Compact hyperbolic				Paracompact
	222	322	442	552	662	772	882	∞∞2
Snub figures
Config.	3.3.2.3.2	3.3.3.3.3	3.3.4.3.4	3.3.5.3.5	3.3.6.3.6	3.3.7.3.7	3.3.8.3.8	3.3.∞.3.∞
Gyro figures
Config.	V3.3.2.3.2	V3.3.3.3.3	V3.3.4.3.4	V3.3.5.3.5	V3.3.6.3.6	V3.3.7.3.7	V3.3.8.3.8	V3.3.∞.3.∞

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[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uniform tiling 3-3-6-3-6.

• Square tiling
• Tilings of regular polygons
• List of uniform planar tilings
• List of regular polytopes

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