Details or link to this magic number?

Several years ago, I learned about this number, which can be multiplied by any regular polygon's perimeter squared to get the polygon's area. I learned this number as the Greek letter phi, which can be multiplied in the correct subscript to a figure's perimeter squared to get its area (for example, you would multiply phi with a subscript of 5 to the perimeter of a regular pentagon squared to get its area. I can't find a link anywhere talking about this concept or number or whatever it is, so could anyone please explain it to me or link me to an explanation? Thanks!

2014-08-07T15:12:24Z

I'm not talking about the golden ratio here. but something else, which I'm not quite sure of.

Anonymous2014-08-07T15:03:53Z

Phi is also called the golden ratio. Try searching that up, you'll get lots of info on it.

It is exactly (√5 + 1) / 2