Folding regular star polygons and number theory

DOI10.1007/BF03023001zbMATH Open0557.51006MaRDI QIDQ762463FDOQ762463

Authors Peter Hilton, Jean Pedersen 

Publication date 1985

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

symmetrygeometric constructionregular star polygons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Radix representation; digital problems (11A63) Reflection groups, reflection geometries (51F15) Other problems of combinatorial convexity (52A37) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry (51-01)

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