Hexagonal tiling-triangular tiling honeycomb

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Hexagonal tiling-triangular tiling honeycomb
Type Paracompact uniform honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {(3,6,3,6)} or {(6,3,6,3)}
Coxeter diagrams CDel label6.pngCDel branch 10r.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch.pngCDel label6.png or CDel label6.pngCDel branch 01r.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch.pngCDel label6.png or CDel label6.pngCDel branch.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch 10l.pngCDel label6.png or CDel label6.pngCDel branch.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch 01l.pngCDel label6.png
CDel K6 636 10.png
Cells {3,6} Uniform tiling 63-t2-red.svg
{6,3} Uniform tiling 63-t0.svg
r{6,3} Uniform tiling 63-t1.svg
Faces triangular {3}
square {4}
hexagon {6}
Vertex figure Uniform tiling 63-t02.svg
rhombitrihexagonal tiling
Coxeter group [(6,3)[2]]
PropertiesVertex-uniform, edge-uniform

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the hexagonal tiling-triangular tiling honeycomb is a paracompact uniform honeycomb, constructed from triangular tiling, hexagonal tiling, and trihexagonal tiling cells, in a rhombitrihexagonal tiling vertex figure. It has a single-ring Coxeter diagram, CDel label6.pngCDel branch 10r.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch.pngCDel label6.png, and is named by its two regular cells.

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A geometric honeycomb is a space-filling of polyhedral or higher-dimensional cells, so that there are no gaps. It is an example of the more general mathematical tiling or tessellation in any number of dimensions.

Honeycombs are usually constructed in ordinary Euclidean ("flat") space, like the convex uniform honeycombs. They may also be constructed in non-Euclidean spaces, such as hyperbolic uniform honeycombs. Any finite uniform polytope can be projected to its circumsphere to form a uniform honeycomb in spherical space.

Symmetry

A lower symmetry form, index 6, of this honeycomb can be constructed with [(6,3,6,3*)] symmetry, represented by a cube fundamental domain, and an octahedral Coxeter diagram CDel K6 636 10.png .

The cyclotruncated octahedral-hexagonal tiling honeycomb, CDel label6.pngCDel branch 10r.pngCDel 3ab.pngCDel branch 10l.pngCDel label6.png has a higher symmetry construction as the order-4 hexagonal tiling.

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