What Borromini might have known about ovals. Ruler and compass constructions
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: What Borromini might have known about ovals. Ruler and compass constructions
zbMATH Open document ID: 1298.00065
author: Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti
published in: Nexus Network Journal
publication date: 2014-11-07T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A67
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51N05
zbMATH DE Number: 6366696
zbMATH Keywords: Borromini
zbMATH Keywords: San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
zbMATH Keywords: GeoGebra
zbMATH Keywords: Euclidean geometry
zbMATH Keywords: ovals
zbMATH Keywords: eggs
zbMATH Keywords: polycentric curves
describes a project that uses: GeoGebra
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00004-014-0190-z
OpenAlex ID: W2088818507
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DOI: 10.1007/S00004-014-0190-Z
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