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Around the world, there are several roughly polygonal coins. Here's an example:
One thing you'll notice is that they all have an odd number of sides. It turns out that this is universally true for modern polygonal coins (if you have an extant example where this is not true, please post it!!)
And it turns out that there's a perfectly sensible reason for this.
Why do modern polygonal coins have an odd number of sides?
geometry real
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Dr XorileDr Xorile
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Around the world, there are several roughly polygonal coins. Here's an example:
One thing you'll notice is that they all have an odd number of sides. It turns out that this is universally true for modern polygonal coins (if you have an extant example where this is not true, please post it!!)
And it turns out that there's a perfectly sensible reason for this.
Why do modern polygonal coins have an odd number of sides?
geometry real
asked 5 hours ago
Dr XorileDr Xorile
13.9k32977
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Have a look here and here
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– ielyamani
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Around the world, there are several roughly polygonal coins. Here's an example:
One thing you'll notice is that they all have an odd number of sides. It turns out that this is universally true for modern polygonal coins (if you have an extant example where this is not true, please post it!!)
And it turns out that there's a perfectly sensible reason for this.
Why do modern polygonal coins have an odd number of sides?
geometry real
asked 5 hours ago
Dr XorileDr Xorile
13.9k32977
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Around the world, there are several roughly polygonal coins. Here's an example:
One thing you'll notice is that they all have an odd number of sides. It turns out that this is universally true for modern polygonal coins (if you have an extant example where this is not true, please post it!!)
And it turns out that there's a perfectly sensible reason for this.
Why do modern polygonal coins have an odd number of sides?
geometry real
geometry real
asked 5 hours ago
Dr XorileDr Xorile
13.9k32977
asked 5 hours ago
Dr XorileDr Xorile
13.9k32977
asked 5 hours ago
Dr XorileDr Xorile
13.9k32977
asked 5 hours ago
Dr XorileDr Xorile
13.9k32977
asked 5 hours ago
Dr XorileDr Xorile
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Have a look here and here
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Have a look here and here
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Have a look here and here
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I'm not entirely sure this is exactly a puzzle (but also not sure enough to suggest closing the question or anything). Anyway, I guess the reason is that
it's useful for them to be shapes of constant width (so that, e.g., they can go nicely into machines that accept coins for payment), and there's a nice simple construction for those that gives you a regular-polygon-ish shape with any odd number of sides; but nothing of that sort can possibly work for an even number of sides (because the diameter would have to be larger "between corners" than "in the middle of the side").
answered 5 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.9k3166258
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Looking at this:
CoinBrothers
it is rarely true.
For example, Australia 2019:
https://coin-brothers.com/catalog/coin3771
answered 4 hours ago
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
20.5k64099
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@DrXorile; there's more recent later on
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The coins have
A constant diameter.
No matter how the coin is oriented, the diameter is the same.
The coins shown have curved edges.
The centre of the arc which forms the curve, is the opposite point.
This can't be done with an even number of sides.
answered 4 hours ago
Weather VaneWeather Vane
2,037110
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This says the same thing as my answer posted 40 minutes earlier.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
57 mins ago
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@GarethMcCaughan, almost. I had already realised it for myself, and it includes information about radii. The time was taken trying to either make a graphic but finally a photograph.
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– Weather Vane
30 mins ago
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For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not accusing you of copying my answer. Only of posting yours without checking whether you'd been scooped. Which, in this case, you had by a considerable margin.
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago
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@GarethMcCaughan as you feel so badly about it, I've given you an upvote. On many Stack Exchange sites, duplicate answers are posted with differents angles. Others take valid comments and turn them into answers. Perhaps it was me who felt "scooped" because I didn't prepare my answer fast enough.
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I'm not entirely sure this is exactly a puzzle (but also not sure enough to suggest closing the question or anything). Anyway, I guess the reason is that
it's useful for them to be shapes of constant width (so that, e.g., they can go nicely into machines that accept coins for payment), and there's a nice simple construction for those that gives you a regular-polygon-ish shape with any odd number of sides; but nothing of that sort can possibly work for an even number of sides (because the diameter would have to be larger "between corners" than "in the middle of the side").
answered 5 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.9k3166258
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I'm not entirely sure this is exactly a puzzle (but also not sure enough to suggest closing the question or anything). Anyway, I guess the reason is that
it's useful for them to be shapes of constant width (so that, e.g., they can go nicely into machines that accept coins for payment), and there's a nice simple construction for those that gives you a regular-polygon-ish shape with any odd number of sides; but nothing of that sort can possibly work for an even number of sides (because the diameter would have to be larger "between corners" than "in the middle of the side").
answered 5 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.9k3166258
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
I'm not entirely sure this is exactly a puzzle (but also not sure enough to suggest closing the question or anything). Anyway, I guess the reason is that
it's useful for them to be shapes of constant width (so that, e.g., they can go nicely into machines that accept coins for payment), and there's a nice simple construction for those that gives you a regular-polygon-ish shape with any odd number of sides; but nothing of that sort can possibly work for an even number of sides (because the diameter would have to be larger "between corners" than "in the middle of the side").
answered 5 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.9k3166258
$endgroup$
I'm not entirely sure this is exactly a puzzle (but also not sure enough to suggest closing the question or anything). Anyway, I guess the reason is that
it's useful for them to be shapes of constant width (so that, e.g., they can go nicely into machines that accept coins for payment), and there's a nice simple construction for those that gives you a regular-polygon-ish shape with any odd number of sides; but nothing of that sort can possibly work for an even number of sides (because the diameter would have to be larger "between corners" than "in the middle of the side").
answered 5 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.9k3166258
answered 5 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.9k3166258
answered 5 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
65.9k3166258
answered 5 hours ago
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
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Looking at this:
CoinBrothers
it is rarely true.
For example, Australia 2019:
https://coin-brothers.com/catalog/coin3771
answered 4 hours ago
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
20.5k64099
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@DrXorile; there's more recent later on
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– JonMark Perry
4 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Looking at this:
CoinBrothers
it is rarely true.
For example, Australia 2019:
https://coin-brothers.com/catalog/coin3771
answered 4 hours ago
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
20.5k64099
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
@DrXorile; there's more recent later on
$endgroup$
– JonMark Perry
4 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Looking at this:
CoinBrothers
it is rarely true.
For example, Australia 2019:
https://coin-brothers.com/catalog/coin3771
answered 4 hours ago
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
20.5k64099
$endgroup$
Looking at this:
CoinBrothers
it is rarely true.
For example, Australia 2019:
https://coin-brothers.com/catalog/coin3771
answered 4 hours ago
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
20.5k64099
edited 4 hours ago
answered 4 hours ago
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
20.5k64099
answered 4 hours ago
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
20.5k64099
answered 4 hours ago
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
20.5k64099
20.5k64099
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@DrXorile; there's more recent later on
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– JonMark Perry
4 hours ago
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@DrXorile; there's more recent later on
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– JonMark Perry
4 hours ago
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@DrXorile; there's more recent later on
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– JonMark Perry
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
@DrXorile; there's more recent later on
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– JonMark Perry
4 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The coins have
A constant diameter.
No matter how the coin is oriented, the diameter is the same.
The coins shown have curved edges.
The centre of the arc which forms the curve, is the opposite point.
This can't be done with an even number of sides.
answered 4 hours ago
Weather VaneWeather Vane
2,037110
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$begingroup$
This says the same thing as my answer posted 40 minutes earlier.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
57 mins ago
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@GarethMcCaughan, almost. I had already realised it for myself, and it includes information about radii. The time was taken trying to either make a graphic but finally a photograph.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
30 mins ago
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For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not accusing you of copying my answer. Only of posting yours without checking whether you'd been scooped. Which, in this case, you had by a considerable margin.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan as you feel so badly about it, I've given you an upvote. On many Stack Exchange sites, duplicate answers are posted with differents angles. Others take valid comments and turn them into answers. Perhaps it was me who felt "scooped" because I didn't prepare my answer fast enough.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
14 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The coins have
A constant diameter.
No matter how the coin is oriented, the diameter is the same.
The coins shown have curved edges.
The centre of the arc which forms the curve, is the opposite point.
This can't be done with an even number of sides.
answered 4 hours ago
Weather VaneWeather Vane
2,037110
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
This says the same thing as my answer posted 40 minutes earlier.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
57 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan, almost. I had already realised it for myself, and it includes information about radii. The time was taken trying to either make a graphic but finally a photograph.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
30 mins ago
$begingroup$
For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not accusing you of copying my answer. Only of posting yours without checking whether you'd been scooped. Which, in this case, you had by a considerable margin.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan as you feel so badly about it, I've given you an upvote. On many Stack Exchange sites, duplicate answers are posted with differents angles. Others take valid comments and turn them into answers. Perhaps it was me who felt "scooped" because I didn't prepare my answer fast enough.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
14 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The coins have
A constant diameter.
No matter how the coin is oriented, the diameter is the same.
The coins shown have curved edges.
The centre of the arc which forms the curve, is the opposite point.
This can't be done with an even number of sides.
answered 4 hours ago
Weather VaneWeather Vane
2,037110
$endgroup$
The coins have
A constant diameter.
No matter how the coin is oriented, the diameter is the same.
The coins shown have curved edges.
The centre of the arc which forms the curve, is the opposite point.
This can't be done with an even number of sides.
answered 4 hours ago
Weather VaneWeather Vane
2,037110
edited 4 hours ago
answered 4 hours ago
Weather VaneWeather Vane
2,037110
answered 4 hours ago
Weather VaneWeather Vane
2,037110
answered 4 hours ago
Weather VaneWeather Vane
2,037110
2,037110
$begingroup$
This says the same thing as my answer posted 40 minutes earlier.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
57 mins ago
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@GarethMcCaughan, almost. I had already realised it for myself, and it includes information about radii. The time was taken trying to either make a graphic but finally a photograph.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
30 mins ago
$begingroup$
For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not accusing you of copying my answer. Only of posting yours without checking whether you'd been scooped. Which, in this case, you had by a considerable margin.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan as you feel so badly about it, I've given you an upvote. On many Stack Exchange sites, duplicate answers are posted with differents angles. Others take valid comments and turn them into answers. Perhaps it was me who felt "scooped" because I didn't prepare my answer fast enough.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
14 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
This says the same thing as my answer posted 40 minutes earlier.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
57 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan, almost. I had already realised it for myself, and it includes information about radii. The time was taken trying to either make a graphic but finally a photograph.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
30 mins ago
$begingroup$
For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not accusing you of copying my answer. Only of posting yours without checking whether you'd been scooped. Which, in this case, you had by a considerable margin.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan as you feel so badly about it, I've given you an upvote. On many Stack Exchange sites, duplicate answers are posted with differents angles. Others take valid comments and turn them into answers. Perhaps it was me who felt "scooped" because I didn't prepare my answer fast enough.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
14 mins ago
$begingroup$
This says the same thing as my answer posted 40 minutes earlier.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
57 mins ago
$begingroup$
This says the same thing as my answer posted 40 minutes earlier.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
57 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan, almost. I had already realised it for myself, and it includes information about radii. The time was taken trying to either make a graphic but finally a photograph.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
30 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan, almost. I had already realised it for myself, and it includes information about radii. The time was taken trying to either make a graphic but finally a photograph.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
30 mins ago
$begingroup$
For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not accusing you of copying my answer. Only of posting yours without checking whether you'd been scooped. Which, in this case, you had by a considerable margin.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago
$begingroup$
For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not accusing you of copying my answer. Only of posting yours without checking whether you'd been scooped. Which, in this case, you had by a considerable margin.
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan as you feel so badly about it, I've given you an upvote. On many Stack Exchange sites, duplicate answers are posted with differents angles. Others take valid comments and turn them into answers. Perhaps it was me who felt "scooped" because I didn't prepare my answer fast enough.
$endgroup$
– Weather Vane
14 mins ago
$begingroup$
@GarethMcCaughan as you feel so badly about it, I've given you an upvote. On many Stack Exchange sites, duplicate answers are posted with differents angles. Others take valid comments and turn them into answers. Perhaps it was me who felt "scooped" because I didn't prepare my answer fast enough.
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– Weather Vane
14 mins ago
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