Equilateral VT-polygons |
An easy way to modify a Voderberg Nonagon is to add an additional point in the path from T to R.
When constructing the polygon this path is transformed by rotations and reflections into the paths RV, WS and SZ.
Thus we obtain 4 additional points and the 9-gon is modified to a 13-gon.
The construction starts with the points Z, T, R and S known from the Voderberg nonagon.
In order to obtain a noteworthy modification we construct A1 and A2 in a way that
the lengths of TA1 and A1A2 are equal to the length of ZT.
Additionally A2R shall have the same length as RS.
Experimentally we found that ε=15° and angle A1TZ=109.5305082352° are suitable values for achieving a perfect polygon.
Theoretical considerations may be added later.
Note that A = A1 would not admit the construction of a Voderberg nonagon, A would lay outside the circle describt in the nonagon page.
ZUB1B2S is obtained by rotating ZTA1A2R around Z with ε=15°.
Next reflect TA1A2R at point R and ZUB1B2S at point S.
We call this 13-gon perfect because the distances from B1 to A1A2 and from B2 to A2C2 are equal.
The path from T to R can be modified nearly arbitrarily as long as there are no intersections with the roatated image of the path.
Another restriction is that no point Ak is allowed with angle AkTZ < 180°-ε.
For AkTZ = 180°-ε the point Ck is an element of VW.
Now we use again TZ = 4 units and ε=15°. The path from T to R shall be a part of a regular 24-gon.
T is a vertex of the 24-gon and R is the midpoint of an edge.
There are 6 further vertices of the 24-gon between T and R.
The size of the 24-gon has to allow the described positions for our fixed points T and R.
In a 24-gon the angles between two neighbor edges are equal to 165° = 180°-ε.
A formula for the radius of the circum circle around the regular 24-gon and a formula for the side length can be derived:
r2 = (w2+9) / ((w+2)wu2+1)
, s = 2ur
with w=cot(ε/2), u=sin(ε/2)
Now the problem is that TZ is too longer than the other sides. We also have to modify TZ.
In order to preserve the Voderberg properties, the path from Z to T has to be point symmetric with respect to the midpoint Q of TZ.
We add the point E between T and Q with TE = s and EQ = s/2.
F is the reflection of E at Q. U, G, H, B1, B2, ..., B6 are the rotations
of T, E, F, A1, A2, ..., A6 around Z with angle ε.
Finaly we reflect the path from T to R at R and the path from Z to S at S.
When adding a points between T and R, and e points between Q and T we obtain 4a + 6e + 5 vertices,
because the 5 points T, Z, U, V, and W (known from the nonagon) are always necessary.
In the shown sample we have a=6 and e=1. Therefore we obtain a 35-gon.
There are two different ways to construct a suitable head of the VT-tile. In the first tile E is above TZ and in the second tile E is below TZ.
Tiling patches will be added later.