Fifecge

Sēo fifecge () oþþe fifhyrne ġesceap is sēo ġesċeap ƿiþ fif ecgeġen.

 Samaflanc fifecges 

Sēo samaflanc fifecge hæfde sēo sclæfligruna æf {5} ond innyrdigfealds  æf 108°.

Sēo samaflanc fifecge hæfde fif rindenes æf ābēodendlīcum gelīċnes, and ymbhrǣdlic gelīċnes æf ordre 5 (þurh 72°, 144°, 216° and 288°). Þē gegendlihts  æf sēo ūtbendan gewunlic fifecge are in þē golden hlutord to hits rindenes. Giefan hits side lengð  hits stēapne  (feornes fram ān side to þē wiðerlang hwyrftstān), wīdnes ()  (feornes betwēonum tƿā feorrum āgesliten ords, hwic īsgelīcen þē gegendliht lengð ) and ymbhrēodanfex  are giefan by:

Sēo oferside æf sēo ūtbendan gewunlic fifecge ƿiþ side lengð  is giefan by

If þē ymbhrēodanfex  æf sēo gewunlic fifecge is giefan, hits eċġ lengð  is befunden by þē ǣwednes

and hits oferside is

siþþan þē oferside æf þē ymbwrāted hring is  þē gewunlic fifecges fills nēah 0.7568 æf hits ymbwrāted hring.

 Derivation æf þē oferside gerihtlǣcung 
Þē oferside æf ænig gewunlic ġesceap is:

ƿǣr P is þē ymbhāt () æf þē ġesceap, and r is þē onhrēodanfex (gemænelīceg þē apothem). Underbēogenden þē gewunlic fifecges wurðscipes fore P and r giefas þē gerihtlǣcung

ƿiþ sīde lengð t.

 Onhrēodanfex 

Anlīċ to ǣġhwelċ gewunlic ūtbendan ġesceap, þē gewunlic ūtbendan fifecge hæfde an inwrāted hring. Þē apothem, hwic is þē hrēodanfex r æf þē inwrāted hring, æf sēo gewunlic fifecge is geferian to þē sīde lengð t by

 Strēowas fram þē ymbwrāted hring to þē ƿēohpunctu 
Līciġe ǣġhwelċ gewunlic ūtbendanġesceap, þē gewunlic ūtbendan fifhyrne hæfde sēo ymbwrāted hring. Fore sēo gewunlic fifhyrne ƿiþ æfterfylgendlic ƿēohpunctu A, B, C, D, E,  if P is ænig ord on þē ymbhring betwēonum ord B and C, þēn PA + PD = PB + PC + PE.

 Ord in plane 
Fore æn wyllfull ord in þē plane æf sēo gewunlic fifhyrne ƿiþ ymbhrēodanfex , hwæs feornesse to þē gemǣnellǣhtwyrft æf þē gewunlic fifhyrne and hits fif ƿēohpunctu are  and 
gehwādorlīce, ƿē habbað

If  are þē feornesse fram þē ƿēohpunctu æf sēo gewunlic fifhyrne to ænig ord on hits ymbhringġesceap , þēn 

 Geometrical bytles 

Þē gewunlic fifhyrne is edlēhendlic ƿiþ færanfæþm and straighteċġ, as 5 is sēo Fermat prime. Sēo gerifl æf ǣrendweges are cnāwen fore bytleden sēo gewunlic fifhyrne. Sum are gedǣled neoþera.

 Ricemunden ǣrendweg 
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Ān ǣrendweg to bytle sēo gewunlic fifhyrnein sēo giefan hringġesceap is æfwrāted by Ricemund and ġēond gedǣled in Cromwell's Polyhedra.

Þē top scēadwelle geswutelaþ þē edlēhendlic brūcaned in Ricemunden ǣrendweg to cræfte þē sīde of þē inwrāted fifhyrne. Þē hringġesceap geƿissung þē fifhyrne hæfde ord hrēodanfex. Hits middel is befērēd æt ord C and sēo middumord M is gemearcod hālfweg be hits hrēodanfex. Þis ord is tōgæderebunden to þē ytemest swāupp upper þē middel æt ord D. Hyrne CMD is twafealden, and þē twafoldere samētanes þē uppīweard stefn æt ord Q. Sēo wīdnesline þurh Q samētanes þē hringġesceap æt ord P, and strēowa PD is þē þearf sīde æf þē inwrāted fifhyrne.

Tō bestimma þē lengð æf þis side, þē tƿā rihtþrīhyrnes DCM and QCM are geƿeorþod neoþera þē hringġesceap. Brūcende Pīthagoras þeoruma and twa rindenes, þē underwige æf þē lengra þrīhyrnes is befunden as . Sīde h æf þē læssa þrīhyrne þēn is befunden brūcende þē twāfealdhyrne gerihtlǣcung:

ƿǣr cōsīne and sīne æf ϕ are cnāwen fram þē lengra þrīhyrne. Þē geswutelung is:

If DP is sōðlīce þē sīde æf sēo gewunlic fifhyrne, , so DP = 2 cos(54°), QD = DP cos(54°) = 2cos2(54°), and CQ = 1 − 2cos2(54°), hwic īsgelīcen −cos(108°) by þē cōsīne twāfeald gerihtlǣcung.  Þis is þē cōsīne æf 72°, hwic īsgelīcen  as gewilnode.

 Ceorlēl hringġesceapu 

Sēo Ceorlēl hringġesceap wæs crǣften as sēo gemetgemostric ǣrendweg to ġefrīgean þē wyrtwela æf sēo fēoworhyrnum efenunga. Þis ǣrendgewritlīce to sēo procedure fore bytleden sēo gewunlic fifhyrne. Þe stōpen are ǣs fallowen:

 Drage sēo hringġesceap in hwic to inwrāt þē fifhyrne and mark þē middelord O.
 Drage sēo wīdnesline þurh þē middel æf þē hringġesceap. Mark þē left samētanum ƿiþ þē hringġesceap as ord B.
 Bytle sēo uppīweard line þurh þē middel. Mark ān samētanum ƿiþ þē hringġesceap as ord A.
 Bytle þē ord M as þē middumord æf O and B.
 Drage sēo hringġesceap middeled æt M þurh þē ord A. Mark hits samētanum ƿiþ þē wīdnesline (inside þē frumlic hringġesceap) as þē ord W and hits samētanum outside þē hringġesceap as þē ord V.
 Drage sēo hringġesceap æf hrēodanfex OA and middel W. Hit samētanumes þē frumlic hringġesceap æt tƿā æf þē ƿēohpunctu æf þē fifhyrne.
 Drage sēo hringġesceap æf hrēodanfex OA and middel V. Hit samētanumes þē frumlic hringġesceap æt tƿā æf þē ƿēohpunctu æf þē fifhyrne.
 Þē fifþ hwyrftstān is þē rihtmǣst samētanum æf þē wīdnesline ƿiþ þē frumlic hringġesceap.
Steps 6–8 are gemænelīce to þē fylgende feorðunga, getǣled in þē hrinanġemāting:

 6a. Bytle ord F as þē middumord æf O and W.

 7a. Bytle sēo uppīweard line þurh F. Hit samētanes þē frumlic hringġesceap æt tƿā æf þē ƿēohpunctu æf þē fifhyrne. Þe þird hwyrftstān is þē rihtmǣst samētanum æf þē wīdnesline ƿiþ þē frumlic hringġesceap.

 8a. Bytle þē ōþer twa ƿēohpunctu brūcende þē færanfæþm and þē lengð æf  þē hwyrftstān befunden in step 7a.

 Ewcleoden ǣrendweg 
Sēo gewunlic fifhyrne is towearplic brūcende sēo færanfæþm ond streċċaneċġ, ǣġhwæþer by inscribing ān in sēo giefan hringġesceap or bytleden ān on sēo giefan eċġ. Þis gecynd wæron ǣfwrāted by Ewcleod on his bōc, Ādalen circa 300 BC.

 Lychamlic ƿeorc ǣrendweges 
 Sēo gewunlic fifhyrne magan biþ cræftum fram iust sēo stripe æf papyr by tying an offerhond cnotta ōntū þē stripe and carefully flattæneg þē cnotta by pulliġen þē ends æf þē papyr stripe. Fealdeg ān æf þē endes bæc offer þē fifhyrne willa sċēawaþ sēo fīfhyrnedesteorra when bæclīhtte.Mathematical Models by H. Mærtyn Cundīg and A.P. Rollett, second edition, 1961 (Oxnaford University Press), p. 57.
 Bytle sēo gewunlic seoxhyrne on stīf papyr or bord. Twāfeald ǣlang þē þrī diameters betwēonum wiðerlang ƿēohpunctu. Cutt fram ān hwyrftstān tō þē middel tō macen an samaflanc þrīhyrneum flēapan. Gelfan þis flēapan underneoþan hits nēahgebyr to cræften sēo fifhyrnum þrīhyrnetorr. Þē baas æf þē þrīhyrnetorr is sēo gewunlic fifhyrne.

 Ȝelīċnes 

Þē gewunlic fifhyrne has Twyflax5 gelīċnes, ordre 10. Siþþan 5 is sēo formarim þǣr is ān underflocc ƿiþ twyflax gelīċnes: Dih1, and 2 cyclic flocc gelīċnese: Z5, and Z1.

Þas 4 gelīċnese cunnan biþ geseon on 4 geondweard gelīċnese on þē fifhyrne. Iohannes Cōnweg ingraves þas by sēo rūna and flocc ordren.John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss, (2008) The Symmetries æf Things, ISBN: 978-1-56881-220-5 (Chapter 20, Generalized Schaefli symbols, Types of gelīċnes æf sēo polygon pp. 275-278) Full gelīċnes æf þē gewunlic form is r10 and no gelīċnes is ingraved a1. Đā twyflaxen gemetgemostras syndon dælode be þǣm hwæðer hī faraþ þurh wēohsēoꝛpunga (d fore gegendliht) or eċġen (p fore perpendiculars), and i hwænne ābēodendlīc rindenes bēah þurh bēgen eċġen and wēohpunctu. Hringlic gelīċnese in þē middel stēap are ingraved as g fore hiera midlig gyration ordren.

Gæt wēnġungflocc geliċnes hlēomāþe wēlġað wān oþþe mā dæġēð ān wīnōð ofer unġewōðelicum ƿyrmbēam. Ānlȳċ þæt g5 ƥēodhlēomāþ hæfð nān frīġedēoƿu āc mæġ bēon gesēon swā bewundenum hrēod.

 Gewunlic fīfhyrnedesteorra 

Sēo fīfhyrnedesteorra is sēo gewunlic steorra fifhyrne. Hits Sclæfliruna is {5/2}. Hits rindenes form þē gegendlihts æf sēo gewunlic ūtbendan fifhyrne – in þis gecynd þē rindenes of þē tƿā fifhyrnen are in þē golden hlutord.

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