A Vitruvius inspired criterion for the construction of polygons

DOI10.1007/S00004-015-0258-4zbMath1356.00010OpenAlexW873840991MaRDI QIDQ509820

Leno Liberato Mascia

Publication date: 20 February 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0258-4

zbMATH Keywords

geometrical constructionspolygonsGiacomo Andrea da FerraraGuglielmo PhilandroLeonardo da VinciVitruvian man

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) Mathematics and visual arts (00A66)

Cites Work

• Squaring the circle: Marriage of heaven and earth
• The Most "Elementary" Theorem of Euclidean Geometry

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