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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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
editThere is a half symmetry form, , seen with alternating colors:
Related polyhedra and tiling
editThis tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure (5n).
Finite | Compact hyperbolic | Paracompact | ||||
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{5,3} |
{5,4} |
{5,5} |
{5,6} |
{5,7} |
{5,8}... |
{5,∞} |
Paracompact uniform apeirogonal/pentagonal tilings | |||||||||||
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Symmetry: [∞,5], (*∞52) | [∞,5]+ (∞52) |
[1+,∞,5] (*∞55) |
[∞,5+] (5*∞) | ||||||||
{∞,5} | t{∞,5} | r{∞,5} | 2t{∞,5}=t{5,∞} | 2r{∞,5}={5,∞} | rr{∞,5} | tr{∞,5} | sr{∞,5} | h{∞,5} | h2{∞,5} | s{5,∞} | |
Uniform duals | |||||||||||
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
editWikimedia 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.