A Euclidean approach to eggs and polycentric curves

DOI10.1007/S00004-014-0189-5zbMath1298.51029OpenAlexW2166376928MaRDI QIDQ468471

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Publication date: 7 November 2014

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-014-0189-5

zbMATH Keywords

ovalsEuclidean geometryGeoGebraBorrominieggspolycentric curvesSan Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Descriptive geometry (51N05)

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Uses Software

• GeoGebra

Cites Work

• What Borromini might have known about ovals. Ruler and compass constructions
• Oval domes: history, geometry and mechanics
• Ovals for any given proportion in architecture: a layout possibly known in the sixteenth century

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