Order-6-3 square honeycomb
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6-3 square honeycomb or 4,6,3 honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation. 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.
Geometry
The Schläfli symbol of the order-6-3 square honeycomb is, with three order-4 hexagonal tilings meeting at each edge. The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a hexagonal tiling,.Poincaré disk model | Ideal surface |
Related polytopes and honeycombs
It is a part of a series of regular polytopes and honeycombs with Schläfli symbol, and dodecahedral vertex figures:Order-6-3 pentagonal honeycomb
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6-3 pentagonal honeycomb or 5,6,3 honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation. 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, with three order-6 pentagonal tilings meeting at each edge. The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a hexagonal tiling,.
Poincaré disk model | Ideal surface |
Order-6-3 hexagonal honeycomb
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6-3 hexagonal honeycomb or 6,6,3 honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation. 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, with three order-5 hexagonal tilings meeting at each edge. The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a hexagonal tiling,.
Poincaré disk model | Ideal surface |
Order-6-3 apeirogonal honeycomb
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-6-3 apeirogonal honeycomb or ∞,6,3 honeycomb is a regular space-filling tessellation. 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, with three order-6 apeirogonal tilings meeting at each edge. The vertex figure of this honeycomb is a hexagonal tiling,.
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.
Poincaré disk model | Ideal surface |