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Infinite-order pentagonal tiling
Infinite-order pentagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
TypeHyperbolic regular tiling
Vertex configuration5∞
Schläfli symbol{5,∞}
Wythoff symbol∞ | 5 2
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry group[∞,5], (*∞52)
DualOrder-5 apeirogonal tiling
PropertiesVertex-transitive, edge-transitive, face-transitive

In 2-dimensional hyperbolic geometry, the infinite-order pentagonal tiling is a regular tiling. It has Schläfli symbol of {5,∞}. All vertices are ideal, located at "infinity", seen on the boundary of the Poincaré hyperbolic disk projection.

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Symmetry

There is a half symmetry form, , seen with alternating colors:

This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure (5n).

FiniteCompact hyperbolic
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Paracompact
{5,3}{5,4}{5,5}{5,6}{5,7}{5,8}...{5,∞}
Paracompact uniform apeirogonal/pentagonal tilings
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Symmetry: [∞,5], (*∞52)[∞,5]+(∞52)[1+,∞,5](*∞55)[∞,5+](5*∞)
{∞,5}t{∞,5}r{∞,5}2t{∞,5}=t{5,∞}2r{∞,5}={5,∞}rr{∞,5}tr{∞,5}sr{∞,5}h{∞,5}h2{∞,5}s{5,∞}
Uniform duals
V∞5V5.∞.∞V5.∞.5.∞V∞.10.10V5∞V4.5.4.∞V4.10.∞V3.3.5.3.∞V(∞.5)5V3.5.3.5.3.∞

See also

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  • John H. Conway; Heidi Burgiel; Chaim Goodman-Strauss (2008). "Chapter 19, The Hyperbolic Archimedean Tessellations". The Symmetries of Things. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5.
  • H. S. M. Coxeter (1999). "Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space". The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays. Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-40919-8. LCCN 99035678.