Abstract
The division of a regular polygon with an even numbers of vertices into a whole number of “isoperimetric” rhombuses (equal sides and different angles) is possible. Elementary reasoning leads to a general theory, which offers many possibilities of plastic applications.
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I would like to thank Claude Bruter for the rewriting and the formatting of my text, Mike Field as well for his linguistic improvement.
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Tard, F. (2012). Rhombopolyclonic Polygonal Rosettes Theory. In: Bruter, C. (eds) Mathematics and Modern Art. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24497-1_14
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