Sathya
Last Activity: 13 Years ago
Hi Speed racer,
Mathematically, by the limit theorems, we have
lim magnitude of an interior angle of an n-sided regular polygon
n->inf
= lim (pi + 2×pi/n)
n->inf
= pi
Similarly,
lim magnitude of an exterior angle of an n-sided regular polygon
n->inf
= pi
The above calculations implies the existence of tangent which touches a point (or a vertex if we think a circle in terms of a infinite-sided regular polygon) having the interior angle equals to the exterior angle equals pi. Further evidence is the fact that the area of the infinite-sided regular polygon is in fact identical to the area of a circle.
lim 1/2 × n×r²sin(2×pi/n)
n->inf
= lim (1/2 ×r²×2×pi/n)×(sin(2×pi/n)/(2×pi/n))
n->inf
(Recall lim sin(theta)/theta = 1)
theta->0
= pi×r²