This calculator computes various combinatorial and geometric values of a regular polygon with its diagonals drawn in. Input the number of sides n (greater than 2) and the radius of the circumscribed circle. See below for a more detailed description of the calculator.
The calculator gives the following quantities (which are discussed in the Regular Polygons Project):
Diagonals the number of proper diagonals in a regular polygon (i.e., excluding the n sides)
Intersections the number of intersections (including the n vertices) of all the diagonals of a regular polygon
Regions the number of regions into which the diagonals cut the interior of the polygon
Segments the number of segments (including the n sides of the polygon) that the diagonals cut each other into
Formulas for the numbers of intersections and regions are taken from:
B. Poonen and M. Rubinstein, The Number of Intersection Points Made by the Diagonals of a Regular Polygon, SIAM J. Discrete Math., v.11 (1998), p. 135–156.
The following regular septagon illustrates the geometric values. Equations relating these values are given at Regular Polygons.