Alternative proof of Sine's theorem on the size of a regular polygon in \(\mathbb{R}{}^ n\) with the \(\ell{}_ \infty\)-metric (Q1189291)

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Alternative proof of Sine's theorem on the size of a regular polygon in \(\mathbb{R}{}^ n\) with the \(\ell{}_ \infty\)-metric
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    Alternative proof of Sine's theorem on the size of a regular polygon in \(\mathbb{R}{}^ n\) with the \(\ell{}_ \infty\)-metric (English)
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    26 September 1992
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    Le \((A,d)\) be a finite metric space with a transitive group of isometries. Furthermore suppose that \((A,d)\) is isometrically embeddable into \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) endowed with the \(l_ \infty\)-norm. The authors show that this implies that \(A\) has at most \((2n)^ n\) elements. Hence every regular \(m\)-gon in \((\mathbb{R}^ n,l_ \infty)\) has at most \((2n)^ n\) vertices.
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    regular polygon
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    maximum norm
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