Regular polytope impossible ("not constructible"). The simplest few regular polygons that are impossible to construct are the "n"-sided polygons with "n" equal to 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21... Constructibility in this sense refers only to ideal constructions with ideal tools. Of course reasonably accurate approximations can be constructed by a range of methods; while theoretically possible constructions may be impractical. Euclid's "Elements" gave what amount to ruler-and-compass constructions for the five Platonic solids. (See, for example, Euclid's Elements.) However, the merely practical question of how one might draw a straight line in space, even with a ruler, might lead
Coxeter decompositions of hyperbolic polygons of polygons in which any two sharing a side are reflections of each other along that side. The goal of a Coxeter decomposition is to break up a polygon into a composition of congruent triangles reflected on its sides. If triangle ABC can undergo Coxeter decomposition and has angles formula_1, where formula_2 is the number of times the formula_3th angle is broken up, the triangle ABC can be written as formula_4. Several properties of these fundamental polygons are known for hyperbolic triangles. Quadrilaterals may also have Coxeter decompositions. Coxeter decompositions of hyperbolic polygons A Coxeter decomposition of a polygon is