page_title: Binary tiling
hierarchical_section_title: Binary tiling
context_page_description: In geometry, the binary tiling is a tiling of the hyperbolic plane, resembling a quadtree over the Poincaré half-plane model of the hyperbolic plane. It was first studied in 1974 by Károly Böröczky.
context_section_description: In geometry, the binary tiling (sometimes called the Böröczky tiling) is a tiling of the hyperbolic plane, resembling a quadtree over the Poincaré half-plane model of the hyperbolic plane. It was first studied in 1974 by Károly Böröczky.
caption: Alternative version of the binary tiling with polygonal tiles (also shown in the Poincaré half-plane model). This makes the tiling a proper pentagonal tiling.