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Cutting planes with polygons (Posted on 2006-09-06) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Into how many regions can you partition the plane with m n-sided regular polygons?

For example, with two squares you can achieve up to 10 regions by choosing the right size and position of your squares.

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re: Who dares: Not I | Comment 12 of 17 |
(In reply to Who dares: What if we have general polygons? by JLo)

The problem in trying to find a formula for any simple polygons is I don't even know if I have the optimal arrangement for two quadrilaterals.  (I have two darts forming 10 regions.)

With two self-intersecting quadrilaterals I have formed 12 regions.


  Posted by Jer on 2006-09-11 11:20:23
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