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Circularity and Symmetries of $p$ and $p^{2}$-polygons

Combinatorics 2026-05-28 v2

Abstract

The symmetry of polygons can be characterized by the number of symmetry axes they have. For nn-polygons with pp or p2p^2 vertices p3p\geq3 there exist few symmetry categories, depending from the number of symmetry-axes the have. Further in the case of n=p2n=p^2 there exist p2p^2-polygons with no axis, but the property of pp-circularity. This work investigates the corresponding equivalence classes and their enumeration. The total number of equivalence classes and the number of the regular ones are known. Formulas get established for the number of equivalence classes for the other categories of symmetry. We show complete sets of representatifs in some cases. Together, these results provide a comprehensive description of the symmetry structure of polygons with a prime number or prime square number of vertices and lay the groundwork for extending the classification and enumeration to polygons with a more composed numbers of vertices.

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@article{arxiv.2511.15834,
  title  = {Circularity and Symmetries of $p$ and $p^{2}$-polygons},
  author = {Rolf Haag},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.15834},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

New, fully updated version of the previous manuscript "Symmetries of p-polygons", with the addition of treating circularity and symmetries of p^2 polygons as well. 30 pages, 20 figures, 2 tables