Order-5 square tiling
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Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....

, the order-5 square tiling is a regular tiling of the hyperbolic plane
Hyperbolic geometry
In mathematics, hyperbolic geometry is a non-Euclidean geometry, meaning that the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry is replaced...

. It has Schläfli symbol of {4,5}.

Related polyhedra and tiling

This tiling is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure (4n).

{4,3}
Cube
In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. The cube can also be called a regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids. It is a special kind of square prism, of rectangular parallelepiped and...



{4,4}

{4,5}

{4,6}

{4,7}

{4,8}
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