The decagonal tomb tower at Maragha and its architectural context: lines of mathematical thought

DOI10.1007/s00004-012-0108-6zbMath1298.00048OpenAlexW2039112171MaRDI QIDQ468528

Carol Bier

Publication date: 7 November 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-012-0108-6

zbMATH Keywords

overlappinggeometrysymmetryalgorithmprismiterationpolygonarchitecturepatterngridplanepentagonhistory of mathematicsartinterlockingintersectingIranornamentdecagondodecagonmongolMyron Bement SmithNasir al-Din TusinonagonSeljuktomb tower

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) Mathematics and visual arts (00A66) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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