The division of circles, i.e. the division of the circumference of a circle into any number of arcs of equal length, is directly correlated to the regular polygons: if a regular n-gon is inscribed in a circle, the circumference of the circle is divided into n sections and the angle at the centre belonging to the side of the n-gon has the value 360°/n. The Pythagoreans ( Pythagoras [2]) …
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Folkerts, Menso (Munich),
“Division of angles and circles”, in:
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