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Theorem regarding a regular polygon and a circle cutting its sides, with corollary and application to trigonometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

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Theorem.

If a circle cut all the sides (produced if necessary) of a regular polygon, the algebraic sum of the intercepts, on the sides, between the vertices and the circle is zero.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1924