Kepler's Y tiling
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
- Contains five squares.
- Contains two regular octagons.
- Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- The tiling does not satisfy the two-colour condition.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 142 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Frontispiece of B Grünbaum and G C Shephard. Tilings and Patterns, W H Freeman, 1987. ISBN 071671193. [gands] {Most important work in this area.}
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