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==Optimality== {{main|Reinhardt polygon}} [[File:Reinhardt 15-gons.svg|thumb|Four Reinhardt pentadecagons]] When an equilateral polygon is inscribed in a [[Reuleaux polygon]], it forms a [[Reinhardt polygon]]. Among all convex polygons with the same number of sides, these polygons have the largest possible [[perimeter]] for their [[diameter]], the largest possible [[Curve of constant width|width]] for their diameter, and the largest possible width for their perimeter.<ref>{{citation | last1 = Hare | first1 = Kevin G. | last2 = Mossinghoff | first2 = Michael J. | doi = 10.1007/s10711-018-0326-5 | journal = [[Geometriae Dedicata]] | mr = 3933447 | pages = 1β18 | title = Most Reinhardt polygons are sporadic | volume = 198 | year = 2019| arxiv = 1405.5233 | s2cid = 119629098 }}</ref>
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