On angles whose squared trigonometric functions are rational

DOI10.1007/PL00009463zbMATH Open0952.51009DBLPjournals/dcg/ConwayRS99arXivmath-ph/9812019WikidataQ55967033 ScholiaQ55967033MaRDI QIDQ1807607FDOQ1807607

Authors: Charles Radin, L. Sadun, J. H. Conway 

Publication date: 4 January 2001

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the rational linear relations between real numbers whose squared trigonometric functions have rational values, angles we call ``geodetic. We construct a convenient basis for the vector space over Q generated by these angles. Geodetic angles and rational linear combinations of geodetic angles appear naturally in Euclidean geometry; for illustration we apply our results to equidecomposability of polyhedra.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9812019

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zbMATH Keywords

geodetic anglesequidecomposibility of polyhedra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)

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