Forms of Crossed and Simple Polygons

Luigi Togliani

Abstract


In this paper the author presents a new form of hexagon and the solution of the open problem of classifying plane hexagons. In particular are illustrated the forms of crossed and simple n-gons for n = 3, 4, 5, 6 and also the forms of simple ones for n = 7, 8, 9. A graphic way to construct new forms of polygons is illustrated.


Keywords


polygon; simple polygon; crossed polygon; form of a polygon; hexagon.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23756/sp.v7i2.473

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