Tetraoctagonal tiling
| Tetraoctagonal tiling | |
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 Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane | |
| Type | Hyperbolic uniform tiling |
| Vertex figure | 4.8.4.8 |
| Schläfli symbol | r{8,4} rr{8,8} rr(4,4,4) t0,1,2,3{(∞,4,∞,4)} |
| Wythoff symbol | 2 | 8 4 |
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| Symmetry group | [8,4], (*842) [8,8], (*882) [(4,4,4)], (*444) [(∞,4,∞,4)], (*4242) |
| Dual | Order-8-4 quasiregular rhombic tiling |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive edge-transitive |
In geometry, the tetraoctagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane.
Constructions
There are for uniform constructions of this tiling, three of them as constructed by mirror removal from the [8,4] or (*842) orbifold symmetry. Removing the miror between the order 2 and 4 points, [8,4,1+], gives [8,8], (*882). Removing the mirror between the order 2 and 8 points, [1+,8,4], gives [(4,4,4)], (*444). Removing both mirrors, [1+,8,4,1+], leaves a rectangular fundamental domain, [(∞,4,∞,4)], (*4242).
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| Symmetry | [8,4] (*842)    |
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[(∞,4,∞,4)] = [1+,8,4,1+] (*4242) = or  |
| Schläfli symbol | r{8,4} | rr{8,8} | r(4,4,4) | t0,1,2,3(∞,4,∞,4) |
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Symmetry
The dual tiling has face configuration V4.8.4.8, and represents the fundamental domains of a quadrilateral kaleidoscope, orbifold (*4242), shown here. Adding a 2-fold gyration point at the center of each rhombi defines a (2*42) orbifold.
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Related polyhedra and tiling
| Symmetry *4n2 [n,4] |
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| *342 [3,4] |
*442 [4,4] |
*542 [5,4] |
*642 [6,4] |
*742 [7,4] |
*842 [8,4]... |
*∞42 [∞,4] |
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| Quasiregular figures configuration |
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 4.4.4.4 |
 4.5.4.5 |
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 4.7.4.7 |
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| Dual (rhombic) figures configuration |
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| Symmetry *8n2 [n,8] |
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*852 [5,8] |
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*∞82 [∞,8] |
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 8.∞.8.∞ |
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| [8,4], (*842) (with [8,8] (*882), [(4,4,4)] (*444) , [∞,4,∞] (*4222) index 2 subsymmetries) (And [(∞,4,∞,4)] (*4242) index 4 subsymmetry) | ||||||
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| {8,4} | t{8,4} |
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| V84 | V4.16.16 | V(4.8)2 | V8.8.8 | V48 | V4.4.4.8 | V4.8.16 |
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| [1+,8,4] (*444) |
[8+,4] (8*2) |
[8,1+,4] (*4222) |
[8,4+] (4*4) |
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| h{8,4} | s{8,4} | hr{8,4} | s{4,8} | h{4,8} | hrr{8,4} | sr{8,4} |
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| 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 |
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| {8,8} | t{8,8} |
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| V88 | V8.16.16 | V8.8.8.8 | V8.16.16 | V88 | V4.8.4.8 | V4.16.16 | |||||
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| V(4.8)8 | V3.4.3.8.3.8 | V(4.4)4 | V3.4.3.8.3.8 | V(4.8)8 | V46 | V3.3.8.3.8 | |||||
| Symmetry: [(4,4,4)], (*444) | [(4,4,4)]+ (444) |
[(1+,4,4,4)] (*4242) |
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| t0{(4,4,4)} | t0,1{(4,4,4)} | t1{(4,4,4)} | t1,2{(4,4,4)} | t2{(4,4,4)} | t0,2{(4,4,4)} | t0,1,2{(4,4,4)} | s{(4,4,4)} | h{(4,4,4)} | hr{(4,4,4)} |
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| V(4.4)4 | V4.8.4.8 | V(4.4)4 | V4.8.4.8 | V(4.4)4 | V4.8.4.8 | V8.8.8 | V3.4.3.4.3.4 | V88 | V(4,4)3 |
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uniform tiling 4-8-4-8. |
- Square tiling
- Tilings of regular polygons
- List of uniform planar tilings
- List of regular polytopes
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.