Quad Hex tesselation on a torus

This somehow reminds of Escher's works.

Figure 7.34. Quad Hex

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this tesselation with boundary on a torus


vertices: 86
faces: 72+1
edges: 159
genus: 1

characteristic polynomial: x24 (-270848 + 2736704x2 - ... - 56x24 + x26) (4356233216 - 50968580096x2 + ... - 103x34 + x36)

dual's characteristic polynomial: x (2 + x)18 (-1 + 9x + 127x2 - ... - 13x22 + x23) (-448 - 1624x + ... - 23x29 + x30)

chromatic number: 4

lattice group (using the double, lossy version): Z(2) × A(434)

(labels pointing towards holes fixed during flip): Z(2) × A(288)

(treating the hole as a normal face): Z(2) × A(159) 2