Hexadecagon

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Regular hexadecagon
Regular polygon 16.svg
A regular hexadecagon
Type Regular polygon
Edges and vertices 16
Schläfli symbol {16}
Coxeter diagram CDel node 1.pngCDel 16.pngCDel node.png
Symmetry group D16, order 2×16
Internal angle (degrees) 157.5°
Dual polygon self
Properties convex, cyclic, equilateral, isogonal, isotoxal

In mathematics, a hexadecagon (sometimes called a hexakaidecagon) is a polygon with 16 sides and 16 vertices.

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Regular hexadecagon

A regular hexadecagon is constructible with a compass and straightedge.

Each angle of a regular hexadecagon is 157.5 degrees, and the total angle measure of any hexadecagon is 2520 degrees.

Construction

A regular hexadecagon is constructible using compass and straightedge:

Regular Hexadecagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Construction of a regular hexadecagon

Area

The area of a regular hexadecagon is: (with t = edge length)

A = 4t^2 \cot \frac{\pi}{16} = 4t^2 (\sqrt{2}+1)(\sqrt{4-2\sqrt{2}}+1)

Petrie polygons

The regular hexadecagon is the Petrie polygon for many higher dimensional polytopes, shown in these skew orthogonal projections, including:

A15 15-simplex t0.svg
15-simplex
B8 8-cube t7.svg
8-orthoplex
8-cube t6.svg
Rectified 8-orthoplex
8-cube t5.svg
Birectified 8-orthoplex
8-cube t4.svg
Trirectified 8-orthoplex
8-cube t3.svg
Trirectified 8-cube
8-cube t2.svg
Birectified 8-cube
8-cube t1.svg
Rectified 8-cube
8-cube t0.svg
8-cube
D9 9-cube t8 B8.svg
t7(161)
9-cube t7 B8.svg
t6(161)
9-cube t6 B8.svg
t5(161)
9-cube t5 B8.svg
t4(161)
9-cube t4 B8.svg
t3(161)
9-cube t3 B8.svg
t2(161)
9-cube t2 B8.svg
t1(161)
9-demicube.svg
9-demicube
(161)

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