Transfer of mathematical knowledge for building medieval cathedrals

DOI10.1007/s00004-017-0359-3zbMath1398.00047OpenAlexW2770692737WikidataQ57719330 ScholiaQ57719330MaRDI QIDQ1800543

Judith Urbano-Lorente, Josep Lluis i. Ginovart, Mónica López Piquer

Publication date: 24 October 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-017-0359-3

zbMATH Keywords

heptagonoctagonmedieval geometryGothic cathedralsmathematics in middle agesTortosa cathedral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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• Gothic construction and the Traça of a heptagonal apse: the problem of the heptagon
• The semantics of Indian numerals in Arabic, Greek and Latin
• The Encyclopedia of Abraham Savasorda: A Departure in Mathematical Methodology

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