Magnetic field at the centre of regular polygon of  'n' sides which is formed by wire, which carries current I and side of polygon is 'a':-

(1) n µ 0 I πa sin π n cot π n                         (2) n µ 0 I πa cos π n tan π n
(3) n µ 0 I πa sin π n tan π n                         (4) n µ 0 I πa

Dear Student ,

Let us take an n-sided regular polygon as shown in the figure.

From the figure, we can see that:
2x=2asinπnx=asinπn   ...(1)y=acosπn   ...(2)
Using Biot Savart law the magnetic field at the center due to one of the side,
B=μ0I4πysinϕ1+sinϕ2=μ0I4πysinπn+sinπn=μ0I4πy2sinπn=μ0I2πysinπn
Therefore, the magnetic field at the center due to 'n' number of sides:

B=nμ0I2πysinπnB=nμ0I2πacosπnsinπn   (using eq.(2))   ...(3)B=nμ0I2πatanπn   ...(4)
Let us take the case when 'n' tends to infinity:
Taking the limit in equation (3):
B=Ltnnμ0I2πacosπnsinπn  Let t=πnn=πtAs n, t0B=Ltt0μ0I2πaπtsintcost=μ0I2aLtt0sinttcostAs Ltt0sintt=1  and Ltt0cost=1Therefore,B=μ0I2a
Thus, the formula reduces to the magnetic field at the centre due to the circular loop.
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