Lindgren's Symmetrical Decompositions of Regular 2n-Gons

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This Demonstration shows Lindgren's symmetrical decompositions of

2n

-gons. These decompositions are also dissections of

2n

-gons into four smaller

2n

-gons, which you can verify by counting rhombuses.