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In Prop. IV. 16 Euclid constructs a regular 15-gon by superimposing an equilateral triangle on a regular pentagon (Fig. 13.1).
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Artmann, B. (1999). The Origin of Mathematics 7: Polygons After Euclid. In: Euclid—The Creation of Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1412-0_13
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