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Cyclic polygons and related questions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

D. S. Macnab*
Affiliation:
Aberdeen College of Education, Aberdeen AB9 1FA

Extract

This is the story of a problem that began in an innocent way and in the course of time spread out in unexpected directions involving some interesting side-issues. It all began with the following problem which I constructed for the Mathematical Challenge competition run by the Scottish Mathematical Council.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1981

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