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English: Hexagon symmetries. SVG obtained from PDF generated using LaTeX source code below and manually edited for default rendering size.
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Own work, chart sourced from The Symmetries of Things, p.276, Figure 20.5 Types of Hexagons

  • John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss, (2008) The Symmetries of Things, ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5 (Chapter 20, Generalized Schaefli symbols, Types of symmetry of a polygon pp.275-278)
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LaTeX source code
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current20:20, 4 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 20:20, 4 December 2014886 × 766 (54 KB)Krishnavedala (talk | contribs)manually edited SVG file for increased dimensions
20:11, 4 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 20:11, 4 December 2014443 × 383 (54 KB)Krishnavedala (talk | contribs)increased font size for clarity
20:01, 4 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 20:01, 4 December 2014439 × 379 (54 KB)Krishnavedala (talk | contribs)reduced gaps further
19:30, 4 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:30, 4 December 2014318 × 276 (33 KB)Krishnavedala (talk | contribs)reduced spacing between left and right image sets thus increasing resolution
22:56, 3 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 22:56, 3 December 2014391 × 314 (39 KB)Krishnavedala (talk | contribs)added missing mirror lines and other labels
16:19, 3 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 16:19, 3 December 2014387 × 313 (35 KB)Krishnavedala (talk | contribs){{Information |Description ={{en|1=Hexagon symmetries}} |Source ={{own}}, chart sourced from ''The Symmetries of Things'', p.276, Figure 20.5 Types of Hexagons * John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim...

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