✦ Islamic Geometry

{8/3} star polygon
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A {n/k} star polygon has n equally-spaced vertices on a circle, with every k-th vertex connected. If gcd(n,k)=1 a single closed path is traced. These forms appear throughout Alhambra palace tiles, Ottoman architecture, and Girih strapwork.

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