Order-8 pentagonal tiling

Order-8 pentagonal tiling
Order-8 pentagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration 58
Schläfli symbol {5,8}
Wythoff symbol 8 h 5 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group [8,5], (*852)
Dual Order-5 octagonal tiling
Properties Vertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive

In geometry, the order-8 pentagonal tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of {5,8}.

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Regular tilings: {n,8}
Spherical Hyperbolic tilings

{2,8}

{3,8}

{4,8}

{5,8}

{6,8}

{7,8}

{8,8}
...
{∞,8}

This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure (5n).

Finite Compact hyperbolic Paracompact

{5,3}

{5,4}

{5,5}

{5,6}

{5,7}

{5,8}...

{5,∞}

See also

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References

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  • John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss, 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.
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