The design of the Great Pyramid of Khufu

DOI10.1007/S00004-014-0193-9zbMATH Open1298.00046OpenAlexW2050607916WikidataQ60620090 ScholiaQ60620090MaRDI QIDQ468467FDOQ468467

Authors: Christopher Bartlett 

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/s00004-014-0193-9

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zbMATH Keywords

geometrypyramidFibonacci numbersgolden sectionmetrologyincommensurable ratios

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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