Chiliagon facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Regular chiliagon |
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A regular chiliagon
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| Type | Regular polygon |
| Edges and vertices | 1000 |
| Schläfli symbol | {1000}, t{500}, tt{250}, ttt{125} |
| Coxeter diagram |      |
| Symmetry group | Dihedral (D1000), order 2×1000 |
| Internal angle (degrees) | 179.64° |
| Dual polygon | Self |
| Properties | Convex, cyclic, equilateral, isogonal, isotoxal |
A chiliagon or 1000-gon is a shape with 1000 sides and 1000 corners.
Regular chiliagon
A regular chiliagon is represented by Schläfli symbol {1000} and can be constructed as a truncated 500-gon, t{500}, or a twice-truncated 250-gon, tt{250}, or a thrice-truncated 125-gon, ttt{125}.
Area
The amount of space a regular chiliagon takes up is
a is the length of one of its sides.
Related pages
Images for kids
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A whole regular chiliagon is not visually discernible from a circle. The lower section is a portion of a regular chiliagon, 200 times as large as the smaller one, with the vertices highlighted.
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The symmetries of a regular chiliagon. Light blue lines show subgroups of index 2. The 4 boxed subgraphs are positionally related by index 5 subgroups.
See also
In Spanish: Chiliágono para niños
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