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Notes: 61.21 Regular polygons on a square pinboard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

V. Srinivas
V. Srinivas*
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In a Gazette article some years ago [1] Derek G. Ball proved the theorem that the only regular polygon which can be constructed on a square pinboard is a square. This note gives two more proofs of this result.

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 61 , Issue 418 , December 1977 , pp. 290 - 292
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1977

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References

1. Derek G., Ball, The constructability of regular and equilateral polygons on a square pinboard, Mathl Gaz. 57, 119–122 (No. 400, June 1973).Google Scholar