Area of a circle each polygon side is a radius, of length "r". And since the total side length is greater than the circumference, the polygon consists of "n" identical triangles with total area greater than "T". Again we have a contradiction, so our supposition that "C" might be less than "T" must be wrong as well. Therefore, it must be the case that the area enclosed by the circle is precisely the same as the area of the triangle. This concludes the proof. Following Satō Moshun and Leonardo da Vinci , we can use inscribed regular polygons in a different way. Suppose we
Circle of a sphere the Equator the only great circle. By contrast, all meridians of longitude, paired with their opposite meridian in the other hemisphere, form great circles. The diameter of the sphere which passes through the center of the circle is called its axis and the endpoints of this diameter are called its poles. A circle of a sphere can also be defined as the set of points at a given angular distance from a given pole. When the intersection of a sphere and a plane is not empty or a single point, it is a circle. This can be seen as follows: