Order-6-3 square honeycomb

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Order-6-3 square honeycomb
Type Regular honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {4,6,3}
Coxeter diagram CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Cells {4,6} H2 tiling 246-4.png
Faces {4}
Vertex figure {6,3}
Dual {3,6,4}
Coxeter group [4,6,3]
PropertiesRegular

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6-3 square honeycomb or 4,6,3 honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). Each infinite cell consists of a hexagonal tiling whose vertices lie on a 2-hypercycle, each of which has a limiting circle on the ideal sphere.

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Geometry

The Schläfli symbol of the order-6-3 square honeycomb is {4,6,3}, with three order-4 hexagonal tilings meeting at each edge. The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a hexagonal tiling, {6,3}.

Hyperbolic honeycomb 4-6-3 poincare.png
Poincaré disk model
H3 463 UHS plane at infinity.png
Ideal surface

It is a part of a series of regular polytopes and honeycombs with {p,6,3} Schläfli symbol, and dodecahedral vertex figures:

Order-6-3 pentagonal honeycomb

Order-6-3 pentagonal honeycomb
Type Regular honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {5,6,3}
Coxeter diagram CDel node 1.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Cells {5,6} H2 tiling 256-4.png
Faces {5}
Vertex figure {6,3}
Dual {3,6,5}
Coxeter group [5,6,3]
PropertiesRegular

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6-3 pentagonal honeycomb or 5,6,3 honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). Each infinite cell consists of an order-6 pentagonal tiling whose vertices lie on a 2-hypercycle, each of which has a limiting circle on the ideal sphere.

The Schläfli symbol of the order-6-3 pentagonal honeycomb is {5,6,3}, with three order-6 pentagonal tilings meeting at each edge. The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a hexagonal tiling, {6,3}.

Hyperbolic honeycomb 5-6-3 poincare.png
Poincaré disk model
H3 563 UHS plane at infinity.png
Ideal surface

Order-6-3 hexagonal honeycomb

Order-6-3 hexagonal honeycomb
Type Regular honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {6,6,3}
Coxeter diagram CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Cells {6,6} H2 tiling 266-4.png
Faces {6}
Vertex figure {6,3}
Dual {3,6,6}
Coxeter group [6,6,3]
PropertiesRegular

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6-3 hexagonal honeycomb or 6,6,3 honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). Each infinite cell consists of an order-6 hexagonal tiling whose vertices lie on a 2-hypercycle, each of which has a limiting circle on the ideal sphere.

The Schläfli symbol of the order-6-3 hexagonal honeycomb is {6,6,3}, with three order-5 hexagonal tilings meeting at each edge. The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a hexagonal tiling, {6,3}.

Hyperbolic honeycomb 6-6-3 poincare.png
Poincaré disk model
H3 663 UHS plane at infinity.png
Ideal surface

Order-6-3 apeirogonal honeycomb

Order-6-3 apeirogonal honeycomb
Type Regular honeycomb
Schläfli symbol {∞,6,3}
Coxeter diagram CDel node 1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Cells {∞,6} H2 tiling 26i-1.png
Faces Apeirogon {∞}
Vertex figure {6,3}
Dual {3,6,∞}
Coxeter group [∞,6,3]
PropertiesRegular

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6-3 apeirogonal honeycomb or ∞,6,3 honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). Each infinite cell consists of an order-6 apeirogonal tiling whose vertices lie on a 2-hypercycle, each of which has a limiting circle on the ideal sphere.

The Schläfli symbol of the apeirogonal tiling honeycomb is {∞,6,3}, with three order-6 apeirogonal tilings meeting at each edge. The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a hexagonal tiling, {6,3}.

The "ideal surface" projection below is a plane-at-infinity, in the Poincaré half-space model of H3. It shows an Apollonian gasket pattern of circles inside a largest circle.

Hyperbolic honeycomb i-6-3 poincare.png
Poincaré disk model
H3 i63 UHS plane at infinity.png
Ideal surface

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