Trihexagonal tiling

In geometry, the trihexagonal tiling is one of 11 uniform tilings of the Euclidean plane by regular polygons. It consists of equilateral triangles and regular hexagons, arranged so that each hexagon is surrounded by triangles and vice versa. The name derives from the fact that it combines a regular hexagonal tiling and a regular triangular tiling. Two hexagons and two triangles alternate around each vertex, and its edges form an infinite arrangement of lines. Its dual is the rhombille tiling.

Trihexagonal tiling
Type	Semiregular tiling
Vertex configuration	(3.6)2
Schläfli symbol	r{6,3} or ${\displaystyle {\begin{Bmatrix}6\\3\end{Bmatrix}}}$ h2{6,3}
Wythoff symbol	2 | 6 3 3 3 | 3
Coxeter diagram	=
Symmetry	p6m, [6,3], (*632)
Rotation symmetry	p6, [6,3]+, (632) p3, [3[3]]+, (333)
Bowers acronym	That
Dual	Rhombille tiling
Properties	Vertex-transitive Edge-transitive

This pattern, and its place in the classification of uniform tilings, was already known to Johannes Kepler in his 1619 book Harmonices Mundi. The pattern has long been used in Japanese basketry, where it is called kagome. The Japanese term for this pattern has been taken up in physics, where it is called a kagome lattice. It occurs also in the crystal structures of certain minerals. Conway calls it a hexadeltille, combining alternate elements from a hexagonal tiling (hextille) and triangular tiling (deltille).