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A characterisation of regular n-gons via (in)commensurability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2024

Silvano Rossetto  and
Giovanni Vincenzi
Silvano Rossetto
Affiliation:
Centro Morin, Paderno del Grappa, Italy e-mail: rossetto49@gmail.com
Giovanni Vincenzi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, I-84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy e-mail: vincenzi@unisa.it
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In Euclidean geometry, a regular polygon is equiangular (all angles are equal in size) and equilateral (all sides have the same length) polygon. So regular polygons should be thought of as special polygons.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 108 , Issue 571 , March 2024 , pp. 43 - 52
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