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An example of a concave polygon. A simple polygon that is not convex is called concave, [1] non-convex [2] or reentrant. [3] A concave polygon will always have at least one reflex interior angle—that is, an angle with a measure that is between 180 degrees and 360 degrees exclusive. [4]
A rectilinear polygon has corners of two types: corners in which the smaller angle (90°) is interior to the polygon are called convex and corners in which the larger angle (270°) is interior are called concave. [1] A knob is an edge whose two endpoints are convex corners. An antiknob is an edge whose two endpoints are concave corners. [1]
The external angle is positive at a convex vertex or negative at a concave vertex. For every simple polygon, the sum of the external angles is 2 π {\displaystyle 2\pi } (one full turn, 360°). Thus the sum of the internal angles, for a simple polygon with n {\displaystyle n} sides is ( n − 2 ) π {\displaystyle (n-2)\pi } .
If every internal angle of a simple polygon is less than a straight angle (π radians or 180°), then the polygon is called convex. In contrast, an external angle (also called a turning angle or exterior angle) is an angle formed by one side of a simple polygon and a line extended from an adjacent side. [1]: pp. 261–264
For every concave kite there exist two circles tangent to two of the sides and the extensions of the other two: one is interior to the kite and touches the two sides opposite from the concave angle, while the other circle is exterior to the kite and touches the kite on the two edges incident to the concave angle. [27] For a convex kite with ...
Henagon – 1 side; Digon – 2 sides; Triangle – 3 sides . Acute triangle; Equilateral triangle; Heptagonal triangle; Isosceles triangle. Golden Triangle; Obtuse triangle; Rational triangle
An example of a convex polygon: a regular pentagon.. In geometry, a convex polygon is a polygon that is the boundary of a convex set.This means that the line segment between two points of the polygon is contained in the union of the interior and the boundary of the polygon.
A convex equilateral pentagon can be described by two consecutive angles, which together determine the other angles. However, equilateral pentagons, and equilateral polygons with more than five sides, can also be concave, and if concave pentagons are allowed then two angles are no longer sufficient to determine the shape of the pentagon.