HCRs Derivations of Solid Angle

1. The Solid Angle () subtended by a regular pentagonal plane

with each side at any point lying at a normal height
from one of the vertices is given as
[

)]

2. The Solid Angle () subtended by a regular hexagonal plane
with each side at any point lying at a normal height
from one of the vertices is given as
*

)+

3. The Solid Angle () subtended by a regular heptagonal plane
with each side at any point lying at a normal height
from one of the vertices is given as

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)

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4. The Solid Angle () subtended by a regular octagonal plane
with each side at any point lying at a normal height
from one of the vertices is given as

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)

Courtesy: Advanced Geometry by Harish Chandra Rajpoot 22 April, 2014