Floret pentagonal tiling
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Floret pentagonal tiling | |
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Type | Dual semiregular tiling |
Faces | irregular pentagons |
Edges | Infinite |
Vertices | Infinite |
Face configuration | V3.3.3.3.6 |
Symmetry group | p6 |
Dual | Snub hexagonal tiling |
Properties | face-transitive |
In geometry, the Floret pentagonal tiling is a dual semiregular tiling of the Euclidean plane. It is the dual of the snub hexagonal tiling.
It is given its name because its six pentagonal tiles radiate out from a central point, like petals on a flower.
This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of polyhedra of pentagons with face configurations (V3.3.3.3.n). (The sequence progresses into tilings the hyperbolic plane to any n.)
V3.3.3.3.3 |
V3.3.3.3.4 |
V3.3.3.3.5 |
V3.3.3.3.6 |
V3.3.3.3.7 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Grünbaum, Branko ; and Shephard, G. C. (1987). Tilings and Patterns. New York: W. H. Freeman. ISBN 0-716-71193-1. (Chapter 2.1: Regular and uniform tilings, p.58-65)
- Williams, Robert The Geometrical Foundation of Natural Structure: A Source Book of Design New York: Dover, 1979. p39