The four-gon family tree
Ramachandran, A. (2012) The four-gon family tree. At Right Angles, 1 (1). pp. 53-57.
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Abstract
A Diagonal Connect Classification is traditionally defined as the precinct of biologists. But classifi- cation has great pedagogical implications — based as it is on the properties of the objects being classified. A look at a familiar class of polygons — the quadrilaterals — and how they can be reorganized in a different way. quadrilaterals have traditionally been classified on the basis of their sides (being equal, perpendicular, paral- lel or angles (being equal, supplementary, ...). Here we present a classification based on certain properties of their diagonals. In this approach, cert
| Item Type: | Articles in APF Magazines |
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| Authors: | Ramachandran, A. |
| Document Language: | Language English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pedagogy, Objects, Polygons |
| Subjects: | Natural Sciences > Mathematics |
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > At Right Angles |
| Full Text Status: | Public |
| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/1567 |
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