
Stars and Flowers
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These images were created with software you can find at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.
If you make the faces invisible, and just view a wire-frame model, this compound looks like this:
This second image will get larger if you click on it.




For any given regular convex polygon, how many star polygons exist?
That’s the beginning. Here are two more:
Since the pattern continues in this manner, it is easy to find the number of possible star polygons for a regular polygon with n sides. First, if (and only if) n is odd, add one. Next, divide by two. Lastly, subtract two, and you have your answer.

