Comments on: Top 8 most popular polygons http://divisbyzero.com/2009/03/04/top-8-most-popular-polygons/ A blog about math, puzzles, teaching, and academic technology Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: drj11 http://divisbyzero.com/2009/03/04/top-8-most-popular-polygons/#comment-310 drj11 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:21:11 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1000#comment-310 And in fact, a quick google suggests that 7-gon and 9-gon are each more popular then heptagon and nonagon. And in fact, a quick google suggests that 7-gon and 9-gon are each more popular then heptagon and nonagon.

]]> By: D S http://divisbyzero.com/2009/03/04/top-8-most-popular-polygons/#comment-307 D S Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:44:50 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1000#comment-307 "Both of my kids (one of whom is 2 years old) know what an octagon is, but I doubt my college students know the heptagon." Really? And should college students care about such trivia? Perhaps we need to stop caring about names that don't add any meaning. Lets just call it a 7-gon and be happy. “Both of my kids (one of whom is 2 years old) know what an octagon is, but I doubt my college students know the heptagon.”

Really? And should college students care about such trivia? Perhaps we need to stop caring about names that don’t add any meaning. Lets just call it a 7-gon and be happy.

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