The whirling kites of Isfahan: geometric variations on a theme

DOI10.1007/s00283-011-9225-4zbMath1225.00031OpenAlexW1976194374MaRDI QIDQ645303

Peter R. Cromwell, Elisabetta Beltrami

Publication date: 14 November 2011

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-011-9225-4

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General applied mathematics (00A69) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) Tilings in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C20)

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