Sacred star polyhedron

DOI10.1007/BF03024311MaRDI QIDQ1361136zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors István Hargittai

Publication date 23 July 1997

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03024311

zbMATH Keywords

star polyhedra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Development of contemporary mathematics (01A65) History of geometry (51-03) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20)

Review text

The paper contains photos and descriptions of star polyhedra which decorate some buildings in Rome, Italy.

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