Talk:Rectangle
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moved dubious material from main page + last paragraph about puzzles etc too detailed for lede
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A rectangle that is not simple is complex,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". but more clearly described as self-intersecting or crossed. It is defined asScript error: No such module "Unsubst". a self-intersecting quadrilateral with the same vertex arrangement as a simple rectangle. An alternative view (covering both simple and self-intersecting shapes) is to define a rectangle as an equiangular quadrilateral.
Rectangles may be used in periodic tilings of the plane. Another popular subject in recreational mathematics is the tiling of rectangles by polygons, ranging from simple puzzles to unsolved problems.
"The two diagonals are equal in length and bisect each other. Every quadrilateral with both these properties is a rectangle."
This fact is given under "miscellaneous" but does it not belong as a "characterization"? This seems rather inconsistent to me. TheGrappler (talk) 16:39, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
- This characterization is already given in another form: a parallelogram with diagonals of equal lengths. Circlesareround (talk) 09:59, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Pronunciation
Please add phonetic and audio pronunciation of the word 'rectangle'. Thanks Shimmy (talk) 04:12, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
- The OED has Brit./ˈrɛktaŋɡl/, U.S./ˈrɛkˌtæŋɡ(ə)l/ and the American audio can be found at wikt:rectangle. Wikipedia's IPA retains 1950s /æ/ for British, so it would be Template:IPAc-en for both. Perhaps someone can check this before inserting into the article. Dbfirs 09:28, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
folded rectangle theorem
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I guess this means: of all the fold-lines that pass through the center, find the one (or two, in the special case) that minimizes the area of the overlap. Is that right? —Tamfang (talk) 02:29, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, indeed.I just wanted to highlight the special case. Do you like other text of the theorem? Migvnk (talk) 10:18, 12 March 2024 (UTC)