Farey sunburst
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The order-n Farey sunburst is a certain non-convex simple polygon with vertices located at integer coordinates. It is constructed as follows:
- Create the order-n Farey sequence by listing all distinct fractions a/b where 0 ≤ a ≤ b ≤ n and b ≠ 0, selecting only fractions in lowest terms and sorting them in increasing order. There will be entries where denotes the totient summatory function.
- Interpret each fraction a/b as a point with Cartesian coordinate (a,b), and connect consecutive points with line segments. The result is a path starting at (0,1) and ending at (1,1).
- Reflect this path along the x-axis, y-axis, and the two diagonals x = ±y to form a closed polygon with square symmetry.
It has vertices. All Farey sunbursts are non-self-intersecting. The interior of a Farey sunburst contains only a single point with integer coordinates, which is (0,0).