Order-8 square tiling
In geometry, the order-8 square tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {4,8}.
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| Type | Hyperbolic regular tiling |
| Vertex configuration | 48 |
| Schläfli symbol | {4,8} |
| Wythoff symbol | 8 | 4 2 |
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| Symmetry group | [8,4], (*842) |
| Dual | Order-4 octagonal tiling |
| Properties | Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive |
Symmetry
This tiling represents a hyperbolic kaleidoscope of 4 mirrors meeting as edges of a square, with eight squares around every vertex. This symmetry by orbifold notation is called (*4444) with 4 order-4 mirror intersections. In Coxeter notation can be represented as [1+,8,8,1+], (*4444 orbifold) removing two of three mirrors (passing through the square center) in the [8,8] symmetry. The *4444 symmetry can be doubled by bisecting the fundamental domain (square) by a mirror, creating *884 symmetry.
This bicolored square tiling shows the even/odd reflective fundamental square domains of this symmetry. This bicolored tiling has a wythoff construction (4,4,4), or {4[3]}, 
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Related polyhedra and tiling
This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure (4n).
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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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| V84 | V4.16.16 | V(4.8)2 | V8.8.8 | V48 | V4.4.4.8 | V4.8.16 | |||||
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[8+,4] (8*2) |
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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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| Symmetry: [(4,4,4)], (*444) | [(4,4,4)]+ (444) |
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| t0(4,4,4) h{8,4} |
t0,1(4,4,4) h2{8,4} |
t1(4,4,4) {4,8}1/2 |
t1,2(4,4,4) h2{8,4} |
t2(4,4,4) h{8,4} |
t0,2(4,4,4) r{4,8}1/2 |
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s(4,4,4) s{4,8}1/2 |
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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 Order-8 square tiling. |
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.
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
