From Sultaniyeh to Tashkent scrolls: Euclidean constructions of two nine- and twelve-pointed interlocking star polygon designs

DOI10.1007/S00004-012-0111-YzbMATH Open1298.00050OpenAlexW2043790972MaRDI QIDQ468535FDOQ468535

Authors: B. Lynn Bodner 

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/s00004-012-0111-y

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zbMATH Keywords

Arabic geometric designarchitectural ornamentEuclidean constructionIslamic star polygon designsstar polygonsTashkent scrolls[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=Topkap%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD+scroll&go=Go Topkap�� scroll]

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Mathematics and arts: Connections between theory and practice in the medieval Islamic world
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