Triheptagonal tiling

In geometry, the triheptagonal tiling is a semiregular tiling of the hyperbolic plane, representing a rectified Order-3 heptagonal tiling. There are two triangles and two heptagons alternating on each vertex. It has Schläfli symbol of r{7,3}.

Triheptagonal tiling

Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration(3.7)2
Schläfli symbolr{7,3} or
Wythoff symbol2 | 7 3
Coxeter diagram or
Symmetry group[7,3], (*732)
DualOrder-7-3 rhombille tiling
PropertiesVertex-transitive edge-transitive

Compare to trihexagonal tiling with vertex configuration 3.6.3.6.

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