The ellipse and the oval in the design of Spanish military defence in the eighteenth century

DOI10.1007/s00004-014-0211-yzbMath1326.00054OpenAlexW2064527425MaRDI QIDQ895625

Gerard Fortuny Anguera, Pau de Sola-Morales Serra, Josep M. Toldrà Domingo, Agustí Costa Jover, Josep Lluis i. Ginovart

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/s00004-014-0211-y

zbMATH Keywords

ellipsegeometryovalmilitary architecturefortifications centurySpanish military architecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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