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Interesting, so in general you could construct polygons with 2^n+1 sides?
by glial 2y ago
Interesting, so in general you could construct polygons with 2^n+1 sides?
- clausecker 2y agoYes, but only if that number is a prime.
- gus_massa 2y agoI agree. More details: For example with 9, you can factorize z^9-1=0 as (z^6+z^3+1)*(z^2+z+1)*(z-1)=0, and now the property to calculate is 6*2 instead of 8, so it's not a power of 2 and the polygon is impossible to construct.