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last updated: 2005-11-06

Given a regularly placed points on a circumference.
By connecting each bth point, a star polygon (a,b) is formed.
A and b are relatively prime, as defined by Coxeter (1969).

Some examples:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The curves were first studied by Thomas Bradwardine (1290-1349).

When a and b are not relatively prime, the curve is called a star figure.
Star figure or star polygon is sometimes called a polygram.