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The "stained glass window problem": Draw many random chords in a circle; which kind of polygon ($3$-gon, $4$-gon, etc.) occupies the most total area?
Draw $n$ random chords in a circle, where each chord connects two independent uniformly random points on the circle.
As $n\to\infty$, which kind of polygon (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, etc.) ...
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Maximum coverage of an orthogonal polygon using $k$ rectangles
I have an orthogonal polygon (all edges are horizontal or vertical) which is convex (no holes in any row of column of the polygon).
I would like to cover as much as possible of this orthogonal polygon ...
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Question about $n$ random points in a regular polygon, and a limiting probability
Suppose we choose $n$ uniformly random points in a disk, then draw the smallest circle that encloses all of those points. There is evidence suggesting that the probability that the enclosing circle is ...
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Billiard circuits in pentagons
A billiard circuit in a convex $n$-gon is a closed billiard path
of $n$ segments reflecting from consecutive edges of the polygon.
Every regular $n$-gon has such a billiard circuit:
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A regular $n$-gon contains a regular $m$-gon, with $n,m$ coprime, no sides coinciding. What is the maximum number of contact points between them?
A regular $n$-gon contains a regular $m$-gon, where $n$ and $m$ are coprime, with no sides coinciding.
What is the maximum number of contact points between the $n$-gon and the $m$-gon?
(I'm not ...
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All the regular $n$-gons are nested tightly around a unit circle. How to order them to minimize the outer radius, and what is that minimum radius?
Let $u_1,u_2,u_3,\dots$ be a permutation of the integers greater than $2$.
A unit circle is in a regular $u_1$-gon, which is a regular $u_2$-gon, which is in a regular $u_3$-gon, ad infinitum. Each ...
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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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Is there a bicyclic irregular pentagon in integers?
Is there a bicyclic irregular pentagon in integers, i.e. is there a pentagon, the length of each side is integer and unique such that it has a circumcircle and an inner circle as well?
If it does ...
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Do cut-length-minimizing equidissections exist?
Suppose $A,B$ are polygons of equal area. By the Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien theorem, $A$ and $B$ are equidissectable: we can make finitely many straight-line cuts in $A$ and rearrange the resulting pieces ...
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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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How to characterize the regularity of a polygon?
In my research, I've recently started to play with Voronoi tessellations. I currently have a Python code that creates the tessellation and I am trying to color the polygonal regions according to their ...
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Generalization of some plane geometry theorems
Conjecture: Let $A_1, A_2,\dotsc,A_n$; $B_1, B_2,\dotsc,B_n$ and $C_1, C_2,\dotsc,C_n$ be $3n$ points in the plane such that $\angle{\overrightarrow{A_iB_i}, \overrightarrow{A_{i+1}B_{i+1}}}=\frac{2\...
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Explicit equation for border of the Minkowski sum of sets
Assume we have sets of the form
$$
M_j = \{x\in\mathbb{R}^d : f_j(x) \le 0,x \ge 0\}
$$
where $x\ge 0$ means $x_i \ge 0 \quad \forall i=1,\dots, d$.
Goal
I am looking for an (explicit) representation ...
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Unlinked interlocking planar polygons
Let $P$ and $Q$ be the boundary segments of two planar simple polygons.
View these boundaries as rigid wires.
Fix $Q$ in, say, the $xy$-plane, and imagine $P$ arranged in $\mathbb{R}^3$ so that $P$ ...
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To extend the Steiner-Lehmus theorem
The Steiner Lehmus theorem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steiner%E2%80%93Lehmus_theorem) states: Every triangle with two angle bisectors of equal lengths is isosceles.
Question: What could one say ...
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Scissor congruence for foliated polygons
Given two polygons of equal area with horizontal foliations, can one describe the obstruction (if there is any but I suspect the answer to be yes) to scissor-equivalence respecting the horizontal ...
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Collinearity in tangential pentagon [closed]
I am looking for a proof of the following claim:
Given tangential pentagon. Touching point of the incircle and the side of the pentagon,the vertex opposite to that side and the intersection point of ...
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The product of the lengths of two line segments that belong to Newton line [closed]
I am looking for the proof of the following claim:
Consider a family of bicentric quadrilaterals with the same inradius length and the same distance between incenter and circumcenter. Denote by $P$ ...
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Need help with finding all angles of 11 sided 3D object [closed]
Question: I'm an artist trying to build a hendecahedron for a project (Image below to see the shape). This object consists of 5 pentagons at the base, 1 pentagon on the bottom, then 5 quadrilaterals ...
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On triangulations and "coverage" of circumcircles
Let $P$ be a convex quadrilateral defined by four vertices $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$. Suppose that the circumcircle of $\triangle abd$ contains $c$.* Let $D(\triangle abc)$ to denote the area enclosed by ...
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Principal diagonals of octagon meet in a single point
Can you provide a proof for the following claim:
Claim. Given octagon circumscribed about an ellipse. If the vertices of the octagon lie on another ellipse then its principal diagonals meet in a ...
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Construct by compactness (Pentagonal tiling – Rao paper)
In the (arXiv) paper, Exhaustive search of convex pentagons which tile the plane by Michael Rao, on page 4 under the proof of Lemma 2, it is said that:
"… We keep a connected component $H_d'$ of $...
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Equal products of triangle areas
Can you prove the following claim:
Claim. Given hexagon circumscribed about an ellipse. Let $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4,A_5,A_6$ be the vertices of the hexagon and let $B$ be the intersection point of its ...
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Equal sums of line segments
I would like to see a proof of the following
Claim. Let $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4,A_5$ be vertices of bicentric pentagon. Let $B_1$ be the intersection point of $A_1A_3$ and $A_2A_5$, $B_2$ the intersection ...
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Necessary and sufficient condition for quadrilateral to be cyclic
Can you provide a proof for the following proposition:
Proposition. Given any quadrilateral $ABCD$. Let $P,Q,R,S$ be nine-point centers of triangles $\triangle ABD$,$\triangle ABC$,$\triangle BCD$ ...
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Acute triangles in "obtuse" polygons?
Let $P$ be a convex polygon. Suppose every interior angle of $P$ is obtuse. Is it always the case that there exist three vertices $p, q, r$ of $P$ such that $\triangle pqr$ is acute?
I conjecture ...
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Collinearity of three significant points of bicentric pentagon
Can you provide a proof for the following claim?
Claim. Given bicentric pentagon. Consider the triangle whose sides are two diagonals drawn from the same vertex and side of pentagon opposite from ...
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Does there exist an isometry between a regular polygon and a circle?
In order to define the question in a meaningful fashion, I am referring to a smooth manifold $\mathcal{M}$ within an $\epsilon$-neighborhood of a regular polygon $\mathcal{P}$ satisfying $$\max\{\|x-p\...
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Collinearity in bicentric polygons
Can you provide a proofs for the following two claims?
Claim 1. The circumcenter, the incenter, and the intersection of the principal diagonals in a bicentric even-sided polygon are collinear.
Claim ...
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Necessary and sufficient condition for tangential polygon to be cyclic
Can you prove or disprove the following claim?
Claim. Let $A_1,A_2, \ldots ,A_n$ be the vertices of an $n$-sided tangential polygon and let $B_1,B_2, \ldots ,B_n$ be the contact points of the ...
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Compass and straightedge construction of Poncelet polygons
Gauss–Wantzel theorem states that
A regular n-gon is constructible with straightedge and compass if and only if $n = 2^kp_1p_2...p_t$, where $p_i$'s are distinct Fermat primes (A Fermat prime is a ...
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A generalization of Harcourt's theorem
This question is closely related to my previous question.
Can you prove the claim given below? The following claim is a conjectured generalization of Harcourt's theorem.
Claim. Let $A_1,A_2 \ldots ...
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A formula for the area of bicentric quadrilateral
Can you provide a proof for the claim given below? The following claim is inspired by Harcourt's theorem and can be seen as its generalization to quadrilaterals.
Claim. Given bicentric quadrilateral $...
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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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Maintain the area of a polygon when offsetting one side
I have an irregular polygon with the a specific area (area_red). How can I get the (parallel) offset value (y) of n selected sides in order to maintain the same area (area _red = area_green) when (...
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Is the mean center of the vertices of a convex polygon always inside the polygon? [closed]
As simple as that. I'm doing an R program where I need to order clockwise a bunch of points that describe a regular polygon and to do that I figured I could find a point inside, change to polar ...
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Brother of Japanese theorem for cyclic quadrilaterals
I am looking for a proof of a like result as follows and Higher-dimensional generalizations?
Let $A, B, C, D$ be four point with lengths of $AB, BC, CD, DA$ are $a, b, c, d$ respectively. Let $F \in ...
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Construct closed chain of $k$-gon around $n$ points-$n, k$ are odd primes number
Question 1: I am looking for a proof of the conjectures 1, 2, 3 as follows?
Question 2: In conjecture 3, in general case, I can not give a formula of $X$. But I think, If $n, k$ are odd primes number ...
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A closed chain of $2n+1$-gon around $2n+1$-points
I posed a generalization of Theorem 3.2 In my paper
Conjecture: Let $P_1, P_2,....,P_{2n+1}$ and $O$ be $2n+2$ points in plane. Construct a chain $2n+1$ regular ${2n+1}$-gons $A_{1\;1}A_{1\;2}...A_{1\;...
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How can construct the equilateral $A''B''C''$ such that area of $A''B''C''$ is biggest
Let $ABC$ be arbitrary triangle in a plane. Let $A'B'C'$ and $A''B''C''$ be two equilateral triangles such that $A \in B'C'$, $B \in C'A'$, $C \in A'B'$ and $A \in B''C''$, $B \in C''A''$, $C \in A''B'...
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How can construct three circles in a given triangle such that three internal tangent form an equilateral triangle
How can construct three circles in a given triangle such that three internal tangent form an equilateral triangle?
See also:
Malfatti circles
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Strange formula for area of a convex polygon
Consider a convex $n-$gon in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with sides contained in the lines $y=k_ix+b_i, 1\leq i\leq n.$ Then its area equals to
$$
S=\frac{1}{2}\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{(b_{i+1}-b_i)^2}{k_{i+1}-k_i}.
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Build reversed No-Fit-Polygon
I need some robust algorithm to optimally fit one non-convex polygon into another. The destination one can contain holes.
Recently I found scholarly articles on this subject:
One of them describes ...
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Chain rotation of a point
Let $n$ be a positive integer number and $P$ be a point in a plane. Let $A_1$, $A_2$, $\cdots$, $A_m$ be $m$ points in the plane, we take modulo $m$ for $A_j$ (it is mean $A_{m+i}=A_{i}$ for $i=1, 2, \...
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Fitting one Polygon in another
I have two Polygons A and B and I want to find the position, rotation and scale of B, so it fits into A and has the maximum Area possible. Also both can be concave.
I did some research but couldn't ...
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What is the name of the 65537-gon? [closed]
I know the name of the heptadecagon (17 sides) and the diacosipentacontaheptagon (257 sides). But what is the name of the polygon with 65537 sides? I am unable to figure it.
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Reordering vertices of a polygon
Let $Q,Q'$ be two planar polygons with the same number $n>3$ of vertices. There is a correspondence between vertices of $Q$ and $Q'$: to any vertex $z$ of $Q$ corresponds a unique vertex $z'$ of $Q'...
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Can one "hear" the shape of a polygon via external reflections?
This question is a rough analog of Kac's "Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?"
A closer analog is the recent "Bounce Theorem" that says, roughly, the shape of a polygon is determined by its billiard-...
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Is it possible to dissect a regular polygon into mirrored-symmetric pieces?
Q1. Planar regular triangle is dissected into three congruent pieces, each of them having no symmetry axis.
Can it be so, that one of these pieces is a mirrored (and then rotated) copy of some other ...
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Maximum area of the intersection of a parallelogram and a triangle
How large can the intersection of a parallelogram (or a square, if you prefer) with a triangle be, if each of them is of unit area? It is easy to see that the intersection can be of area 3/4 – is this ...
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