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  1. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, SUNY Binghamton, 13901, Binghamton, New York

    Peter Hilton

  2. Dept. of Mathematics, University of Santa Clara, 95053, Santa Clara, California

    Jean Pedersen

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Hilton, P., Pedersen, J. Folding regular star polygons and number theory. The Mathematical Intelligencer 7, 15–26 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03023001

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