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Polygon Spirals
Polygons are drawn so that their vertices are on the sides of the next larger polygon. You can slide the spherical vertices along the sides of the polygons. The vertices lie along logarithmic spirals.
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Sándor Kabai
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"
Polygon Spirals
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/PolygonSpirals/
Contributed by:
Sándor Kabai
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