Trioctagonal tiling

In geometry, the trioctagonal tiling is a semiregular tiling of the hyperbolic plane, representing a rectified Order-3 octagonal tiling. There are two triangles and two octagons alternating on each vertex. It has Schläfli symbol of r{8,3}.

Trioctagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type	Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration	(3.8)2
Schläfli symbol	r{8,3} or ${\displaystyle {\begin{Bmatrix}8\\3\end{Bmatrix}}}$
Wythoff symbol	2 | 8 3| 3 3 | 4
Coxeter diagram	or
Symmetry group	[8,3], (*832) [(4,3,3)], (*433)
Dual	Order-8-3 rhombille tiling
Properties	Vertex-transitive edge-transitive

Symmetry

The half symmetry [1+,8,3] = [(4,3,3)] can be shown with alternating two colors of triangles, by Coxeter diagram .

Dual tiling

Related polyhedra and tilings

From a Wythoff construction there are eight hyperbolic uniform tilings that can be based from the regular octagonal tiling.

Drawing the tiles colored as red on the original faces, yellow at the original vertices, and blue along the original edges, there are 8 forms.

Uniform octagonal/triangular tilings v t e
Symmetry: [8,3], (*832)							[8,3]+ (832)	[1+,8,3] (*443)		[8,3+] (3*4)
{8,3}	t{8,3}	r{8,3}	t{3,8}	{3,8}	rr{8,3} s2{3,8}	tr{8,3}	sr{8,3}	h{8,3}	h2{8,3}	s{3,8}
								or	or
Uniform duals
V83	V3.16.16	V3.8.3.8	V6.6.8	V38	V3.4.8.4	V4.6.16	V34.8	V(3.4)3	V8.6.6	V35.4

It can also be generated from the (4 3 3) hyperbolic tilings:

Uniform (4,3,3) tilings

• v
• t
• e

Symmetry: [(4,3,3)], (*433)							[(4,3,3)]+, (433)
h{8,3} t0(4,3,3)	r{3,8}1/2 t0,1(4,3,3)	h{8,3} t1(4,3,3)	h2{8,3} t1,2(4,3,3)	{3,8}1/2 t2(4,3,3)	h2{8,3} t0,2(4,3,3)	t{3,8}1/2 t0,1,2(4,3,3)	s{3,8}1/2 s(4,3,3)
Uniform duals
V(3.4)3	V3.8.3.8	V(3.4)3	V3.6.4.6	V(3.3)4	V3.6.4.6	V6.6.8	V3.3.3.3.3.4

The trioctagonal tiling can be seen in a sequence of quasiregular polyhedrons and tilings:

Quasiregular tilings: (3.n)2 v t e
Sym. *n32 [n,3]	Spherical			Euclid.	Compact hyperb.		Paraco.	Noncompact hyperbolic
	*332 [3,3] Td	*432 [4,3] Oh	*532 [5,3] Ih	*632 [6,3] p6m	*732 [7,3]	*832 [8,3]...	*∞32 [∞,3]	[12i,3]	[9i,3]	[6i,3]
Figure
Figure
Vertex	(3.3)2	(3.4)2	(3.5)2	(3.6)2	(3.7)2	(3.8)2	(3.∞)2	(3.12i)2	(3.9i)2	(3.6i)2
Schläfli	r{3,3}	r{3,4}	r{3,5}	r{3,6}	r{3,7}	r{3,8}	r{3,∞}	r{3,12i}	r{3,9i}	r{3,6i}
Coxeter
Dual uniform figures
Dual conf.	V(3.3)2	V(3.4)2	V(3.5)2	V(3.6)2	V(3.7)2	V(3.8)2	V(3.∞)2

Dimensional family of quasiregular polyhedra and tilings: (8.n)2 v t e
Symmetry *8n2 [n,8]	Hyperbolic...						Paracompact	Noncompact
	*832 [3,8]	*842 [4,8]	*852 [5,8]	*862 [6,8]	*872 [7,8]	*882 [8,8]...	*∞82 [∞,8]	[iπ/λ,8]
Coxeter
Quasiregular figures configuration	3.8.3.8	4.8.4.8	8.5.8.5	8.6.8.6	8.7.8.7	8.8.8.8	8.∞.8.∞	8.∞.8.∞

See also

• Trihexagonal tiling - 3.6.3.6 tiling
  • Rhombille tiling - dual V3.6.3.6 tiling
• Tilings of regular polygons
• List of uniform tilings

References

• 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.

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