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Wed 2003-11-12 16:22

Hmmm. While contemplating my previous entry about little things not typically making me either any happier or any less happy, I seem to have accidentally proved a theorem in geometry. Oddly this has made me happier, because geometric theorems are shiny :-)

(Consider a polygon, and a point moving around inside it. Consider the sum of the shortest distances from the point to each side of the polygon. Theorem: if the polygon is regular, then this sum remains completely constant no matter where the point moves inside it. Proof, and relevance to my emotional life, left as exercises for the reader…)

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[identity profile] ex-lark-asc.livejournal.comWed 2003-11-12 09:41
I don't like exercise, do you deliver enlightenment locally? :)
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(Anonymous)Wed 2003-11-12 09:47
You must mean the sum of the perpendiculars from the point to the lines *extending* the sides of the polygon.
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[personal profile] simontWed 2003-11-12 11:01
Quite right; sorry.
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[personal profile] rmc28Wed 2003-11-12 10:02
Ah, so to change the distance, you need to change the sided-ness of your polygon. Or change the shape of it, so moving around has an effect.
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