Original scientific paper

Regular Polygons in the Taxicab Plane

H. Bariş Colakoğlu ; Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
Rüstem Kaya ; Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey

Abstract

In this paper, we define taxicab regular polygons and determine which Euclidean regular polygons are also taxicab regular, and which are not. Finally, we investigate the existence or nonexistence of taxicab regular polygons.

Keywords

taxicab distance; Euclidean distance; protractor geometry; regular polygon

Hrčak ID:

31443

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31443

Publication date:

23.1.2009.

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