Revisiting the squinch: from squaring the circle to circling the square

DOI10.1007/s00004-012-0113-9zbMath1298.00062OpenAlexW2061614481MaRDI QIDQ468533

Hooman Koliji

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/s00004-012-0113-9

zbMATH Keywords

geometrysymbolismvaultssquaring the circledomesFriday MosqueimaginationPersian architecturesquinch

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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