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2012 Vertex polygons
Candice Nielsen
Involve 5(3): 361-369 (2012). DOI: 10.2140/involve.2012.5.361

Abstract

We look at hexagons whose vertex triangles have equal area, and identify necessary conditions for these hexagons to also have vertex quadrilaterals with equal area. We discover a method for creating a hexagon whose vertex quadrilaterals have equal area without necessarily having vertex triangles of equal area. Finally, we generalize the process to build any polygon with an even number of sides to have certain vertex polygons with equal area.

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Candice Nielsen. "Vertex polygons." Involve 5 (3) 361 - 369, 2012. https://doi.org/10.2140/involve.2012.5.361

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Received: 18 September 2012; Revised: 10 November 2012; Accepted: 15 December 2012; Published: 2012
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

zbMATH: 1275.51013
MathSciNet: MR3044621
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/involve.2012.5.361

Subjects:
Primary: 51N20
Secondary: 00A99

Keywords: equal area , geometry , hexagon , proof by contradiction , vertex polygons , vertex quadrilaterals , vertex triangles

Rights: Copyright © 2012 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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