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In [[geometry]], the '''triangular tiling''' or '''triangular tessellation''' is one of the three regular [[TessellationEuclidean tilings by convex regular polygons#Regular tilings|regular tilings]] of the [[Euclidean plane]], and is the only such tiling where the constituent shapes are not [[parallelogon]]s. Because the internal angle of the [[equilateral triangle]] is 60 degrees, six triangles at a point occupy a full 360 degrees. The triangular tiling has [[Schläfli symbol]] of {{math|{3,6}.}}

English mathematician [[John Horton Conway|John Conway]] called it a '''deltille''', named from the triangular shape of the Greek letter [[Delta (letter)|delta]] (Δ). The triangular tiling can also be called a '''kishextille''' by a [[Conway kis operator|kis]] operation that adds a center point and triangles to replace the faces of a [[hextille]].

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== Uniform colorings ==

[[File:Triangular_tiling_4-color.svg|thumb|A 2-uniform triangular tiling, 4 colored triangles, related to the [[geodesic polyhedron]] as {3,6+}_2,0.]]

There are 9 distinct [[uniform coloring]]s of a triangular tiling. (Naming the colors by indices on the 6 triangles around a vertex: 111111, 111112, 111212, 111213, 111222, 112122, 121212, 121213, 121314) Three of them can be derived from others by repeating colors: 111212 and 111112 from 121213 by combining 1 and 3, while 111213 is reduced from 121314.<ref>''[[Tilings and Patternspatterns]]'', p.102-107</ref>

There is one class of [[Archimedean coloring]]s, 111112, (marked with a *) which is not 1-uniform, containing alternate rows of triangles where every third is colored. The example shown is 2-uniform, but there are infinitely many such Archimedean colorings that can be created by arbitrary horizontal shifts of the rows.

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|[[File:Uniform triangular tiling 121212.pngsvg|75px]]

|[[File:Uniform triangular tiling 111222.pngsvg|75px]]

|[[File:Uniform triangular tiling 112122.pngsvg|75px]]

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|p6m (*632)

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== A2 lattice and circle packings ==

{{distinguish|Strukturbericht designation#A-compounds{{!}}the A2 crystal lattice structure in the Strukturbericht classification system}}

[[File:Compound 3 triangular tilings.pngsvg|thumb|The A{{sup sub|*|2}} lattice as three triangular tilings: {{CDD|node_1|split1|branch}} + {{CDD|node|split1|branch_10lu}} + {{CDD|node|split1|branch_01ld}}]]

The [[vertex arrangement]] of the triangular tiling is called an [[Root system#Explicit construction of the irreducible root systems|A₂ lattice]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Gabriele.Nebe/LATTICES/A2.html|title = The Lattice A2}}</ref> It is the 2-dimensional case of a [[simplectic honeycomb]].

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== Geometric variations ==

Triangular tilings can be made with the equivalent {3,6} topology as the regular tiling (6 triangles around every vertex). With identical faces ([[Face-transitive|face-transitivity]]) and [[vertex-transitive|vertex-transitivity]], there are 5 variations. Symmetry given assumes all faces are the same color.<ref>''[[Tilings and Patterns]]'', from list of 107 isohedral tilings, p.473-481</ref>

<gallery>

Isohedral_tiling_p3-11.pngsvg|[[Scalene triangle]]<BR/>p2 symmetry

Isohedral_tiling_p3-12.pngsvg|Scalene triangle<BR/>pmg symmetry

Isohedral_tiling_p3-13.pngsvg|[[Isosceles triangle]]<BR/>cmm symmetry

Isohedral_tiling_p3-11b.png|[[Right triangle]]<BR/>cmm symmetry

Isohedral_tiling_p3-14.pngsvg|[[Equilateral triangle]]<BR/>p6m symmetry

</gallery>

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|[[File:Tetrakishexahedron.jpg|60px]]<BR/>[[Tetrakis hexahedron|V4.6.6]]

|[[File:Pentakisdodecahedron.jpg|60px]]<BR/>[[Pentakis dodecahedron|V5.6.6]]

|[[File:Uniform polyhedron-63-t2.pngsvg|60px]]<BR/>V6.6.6

|[[File:Heptakis heptagonal tiling.svg|60px]]<BR/>[[Order-7 truncated triangular tiling|V7.6.6]]

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== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==

* [[Coxeter|Coxeter, H.S.M.]] ''[[Regular Polytopes (book)|Regular Polytopes]]'', (3rd edition, 1973), Dover edition, {{isbn|0-486-61480-8}} p.&nbsp;296, Table II: Regular honeycombs

* {{cite book | author=Grünbaum, Branko | author-link=Branko Grünbaum | author2= Shephard, G. C. | name-list-style= amp | title=Tilings and Patterns | ___location=New York | publisher=W. H. Freeman | year=1987 | isbn=0-7167-1193-1 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0716711931 }} (Chapter 2.1: ''Regular and uniform tilings'', p.&nbsp;58-65, Chapter 2.9 Archimedean and Uniform colorings pp.&nbsp;102–107)

* {{The Geometrical Foundation of Natural Structure (book)}} p35

* John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-StrassStrauss, ''The Symmetries of Things'' 2008, {{isbn|978-1-56881-220-5}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100919143320/https://akpeters.com/product.asp?ProdCode=2205]

== External links ==