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This article deals with the following problem:  (P1): Is there a point in the plane of \\(P_n\\) that is at rational distance from the vertices of \\(P_n\\).  For the unit equilateral triangles \\((n=3)\\) the answer is yes and the set of such points is dense in the plane of \\(P_3\\) (see [\\textit{J. H. J. Almering}, ``Rational quadrilaterals,'' Nederl. Akad. Wet., Proc., Ser. A 66, 192--199 (1963; Zbl 0117.28501)] and [\\textit{T. G. Berry}, ``Points at rational distance from the corners of a unit square,'' Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa, Cl. Sci., IV. Ser. 17, No. 4, 505--529 (1990; Zbl 0726.11041)]). For the unit square (\\(n=4\\)) the problem is still open.  The author proves the following theorem:   1 For \\(n=5\\), the answer to (P1) is NEGATIVE.   2 For \\(n=6\\), the answer to (P1) is POSITIVE.   3 For all \\(n\\geq7\\), the answer to (P1) is NEGATIVE, except {perhaps} when \\(n\\in\\{8,12,24\\}\\).  The proof relies on the consideration of some \\textit{flat} fields (\\(F\\) is a flat field if every subfield \\(E\\) of \\(F\\) is such that the Galois group \\(\\text{Gal}(E/\\mathbb Q)\\) is a \\(2\\)-group): let \\(r_1,r_2,\\dots,r_n\\) be nonnegative rational numbers then \\(\\mathbb Q(\\sqrt{r_1}\\pm\\sqrt{r_2}\\dots\\pm\\sqrt{r_n})\\) is a flat field. The key-tool lies in the following observation: when the answer to \\((P1)\\) is positive for a given \\(n\\geq 3\\), then an identity as  \\[ \\frac{n}{4}\\cot{\\frac{\\pi}{n}}=\\sqrt{r_1}\\pm \\sqrt{r_2}\\dots+\\pm\\sqrt{r_n} \\]  must occur, but such identity is impossible for \\(n=5\\) and all \\(n\\geq 7\\) provided that \\(n\\not\\in \\{8,12,24\\}\\).  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