Rational Estimates for Irrational Problems: Proportional Geometry in the Work of Leonardo da Vinci

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-95588-9_3MaRDI QIDQ4553965zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthew Landrus

Publication date 7 November 2018

Published in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95588-9_3

zbMATH Keywords

AlbertiarithmeticcrossbowEuclidFilaretegeometryLeonardo da Vinciproportion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and visual arts (00A66)

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