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Laike
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12/10/04
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Re: What's a 9,11,12,etc-sided figure called?
Posted:
Sep 17, 2004 12:47 AM
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:13:55 -0500 (EST), John Conway wrote:
>On 19 Jan 2004, Dr. Bluca wrote:
>
>> A pentagon is a 5-sided polygon.
>> A hexagon is a 6-sided polygon.
>> A heptagon is a 7-sided polygon.
>> Prefixes...
>> tri- 3, quadri- 4, penta- 5, hexa- 6, hepta- 7, octa- 8, nona- 9,
>> deca- 10
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> But "nona-" is really incorrect, the "official" prefix for 9
>in this context being the Greek-derived one "ennea-". The sequence
>continues up to 100 thus: hendeca, dodeca, triskaideca,
tetrakaideca,...,
>enneakaideca, icosa, icosikaihena, icosikaidi, icosikaitri,...
>icosikaiennea, triaconta, triacontakaidi, ... , enneacontakaiennea,
hecta.
>
> Antreas Hatzipolakis and I once worked out a consistent
continuation
>to 100,000.
>
> John Conway
Dear Mr. Conway,
I was wondering if you could assist me in my persuit for
knowledge. As odd as it may sound its actually quite essential to my
research that i know. I've searched the internet thoroughly and cant
seem to find exactly what im looking for. I have a series of questions
for you, i hope your up to it.If i ask to know about something that
isnt possible or doesnt exist i would be more than willing to hear a
detailed explanation if your willing to produce one. What is the name
of a 61 sided figure in Latin, English and greek? Will the name of
this figure change if it consists of triangles, pentagons, hexagons,
..., or dodecagons? Finally, will the figure still have the same name
if the sides of the figure are concave?
If you could assist me in this matter i would be more grateful
than i believe that i can express in words. Thank you for your time
sir.
Sincerely,
-Laike-
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