Rhombitetraoctagonal tiling

Rhombitetraoctagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type	Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex figure	4.4.8.4
Schläfli symbol	rr{8,4}
Wythoff symbol	4 | 8 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group	[8,4], (*842)
Dual	Deltoidal tetraoctagonal tiling
Properties	Vertex-transitive

In geometry, the rhombitetraoctagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of rr{8,4}. It can be seen as constructed as a rectified tetraoctagonal tiling, r{8,4}, as well as an expanded order-4 octagonal tiling or expanded order-8 square tiling.

Constructions

There are two uniform constructions of this tiling, one from [8,4] or (*842) symmetry, and secondly removing the miror middle, [8,1⁺,4], gives a rectangular fundamental domain [∞,4,∞], (*4222).

Two uniform constructions of 4.4.4.8

Name	Rhombitetrahexagonal tiling
Image
Symmetry	[8,4] (*842)	[8,1+,4] = [∞,4,∞] (*4222) =
Schläfli symbol	rr{8,4}	t0,1,2,3{∞,4,∞}
Coxeter diagram		=

Symmetry

A lower symmetry construction exists, with (*4222) orbifold symmetry. This symmetry can be seen in the dual tiling, called a deltoidal tetraoctagonal tiling, alternately colored here. Its fundamental domain is a Lambert quadrilateral, with 3 right angles.

The dual tiling, called a deltoidal tetraoctagonal tiling, represents the fundamental domains of the *4222 orbifold.

With edge-colorings there is a half symmetry form (4*4) orbifold notation. The octagons can be considered as truncated squares, t{4} with two types of edges. It has Coxeter diagram , Schläfli symbol s₂{4,8}. The squares can be distorted into isosceles trapezoids. In the limit, where the rectangles degenerate into edges, an order-8 square tiling results, constructed as an snub tetraoctagonal tiling, .

Related polyhedra and tiling

Dimensional family of expanded polyhedra and tilings: n.4.4.4

Symmetry [n,4], (*n42)	Spherical	Euclidean	Compact hyperbolic				Paracompact
	*342 [3,4]	*442 [4,4]	*542 [5,4]	*642 [6,4]	*742 [7,4]	*842 [8,4]	*∞42 [∞,4]
Expanded figures
Coxeter Schläfli	rr{3,4}	rr{4,4}	rr{5,4}	rr{6,4}	rr{7,4}	rr{8,4}	rr{∞,4}
Dual (rhombic) figures configuration	V3.4.4.4	V4.4.4.4	5.4.4.4	V6.4.4.4	V7.4.4.4	V8.4.4.4	V∞.4.4.4
Coxeter

Uniform octagonal/square tilings

[8,4], (*842) (with [8,8] (*882), [(4,4,4)] (*444) , [∞,4,∞] (*4222) index 2 subsymmetries) (And [(∞,4,∞,4)] (*4242) index 4 subsymmetry)
= = =	=	= = =	=	= =	=
{8,4}	t{8,4}	r{8,4}	2t{8,4}=t{4,8}	2r{8,4}={4,8}	rr{8,4}	tr{8,4}
Uniform duals
V84	V4.16.16	V(4.8)2	V8.8.8	V48	V4.4.4.8	V4.8.16
Alternations
[1+,8,4] (*444)	[8+,4] (8*2)	[8,1+,4] (*4222)	[8,4+] (4*4)	[8,4,1+] (*882)	[(8,4,2+)] (2*42)	[8,4]+ (842)
=	=	=	=	=	=
h{8,4}	s{8,4}	hr{8,4}	s{4,8}	h{4,8}	hrr{8,4}	sr{8,4}
Alternation duals
V(4.4)4	V3.(3.8)2	V(4.4.4)2	V(3.4)3	V88	V4.44	V3.3.4.3.8

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 4-4-4-8.

• 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

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