Posted by Jock on February 23, 2007 at 20:29:59 from 81.151.101.149 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: More math posted by AndyG on February 23, 2007 at 08:33:08:
Thanks for this Andy. The drawing perfectly illustrate how the process generates
a series of even regular n-gons where the general expression for the number of sides
is 2^n+1. For small spars, once n=5, sand paper can take over from the plane.
| n | 2^n+1 | figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | square |
| 2 | 8 | octagon |
| 3 | 16 | hexadecagon |
| 4 | 32 | duotriacontagon |
| 5 | 64 | - |