Dimensioning of ancient buildings for spectacles through \textit{Stereometrica} and \textit{De mensuris} by Heron of Alexandria

DOI10.1007/S00004-014-0230-8zbMath1326.00042OpenAlexW2068013715MaRDI QIDQ895591

Carlo Bianchini, Filippo Fantini

Publication date: 4 December 2015

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-014-0230-8

zbMATH Keywords

shapesgeometrysymmetrymodulesalgorithmsgridscirclesgeometric analysisarithmetic progressionsdesign theorysquaring the circledesign analysishistorical treatiseproportional analysisbuilding typehistorical erameasurement/measuring systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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