Dual Tessellation

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Dual Tessellation

The dual of a regular tessellation is formed by taking the center of each polygon as a vertex and joining the centers of adjacent polygons.

DualTessellations

The triangular and hexagonal tessellations are duals of each other, while the square tessellation it its own dual.

DualSemiregularTess

Williams (1979, pp. 37-41) illustrates the dual tessellations of the semiregular tessellations.

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