A polygon is a union of disjoint [[line segment]]s that is [[path-connected]].
A polygon is a union of disjoint [[line segment]]s that is [[path-connected]].
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Examples:
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Types, by number of sides.
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# no one's figured out how to make a one-sided polygon, but see [[Mobius strip]] and [[Klein bottle]]
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# There is no such mathematical entity as a one sided polygon in a plane. (For three dimensional analogies, see [[Mobius strip]] and [[Klein bottle]].)
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# would be two overlapping [[line segment]]s
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# As with the one-sided polygon, there is no such thing as a two-sided polygon. (This would be two overlapping [[line segment]]s.)
# [[Triangle]] - see [[isosceles triangle]], [[equilateral triangle]], [[right triangle]]
# [[Triangle]] - see [[isosceles triangle]], [[equilateral triangle]], [[right triangle]]
# [[Square]] - a [[rectangle]] whose sides are all the same length
# [[Square]] - a [[rectangle]] whose sides are all the same length