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Regular $n$-gon with diagonals: bounds on area of largest cell?

Consider a regular $n$-gon of side length $1$ with diagonals. Here is an example with $n=11$ (from geogebra applet). I've been trying to find, in terms of $n$, bounds on the area of the largest cell, ...
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Minimum reflection paths in a mirror polygon

Let $P$ be a simple, orthogonal polygon of $n$ edges, i.e., one whose edges meet at right angles, and is non-self-intersecting; also known as a rectilinear polygon. Treat every edge of $P$ as a ...
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Illuminating a just-barely irrational polygon

As has been discussed earlier on MO,1,2 recently an impressive advance was proved concerning internally illuminating a mirrored polygon. Here is the result: Let $P$ be a rational polygon. Then for ...
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