Fullerenes, polyhedra, and Chinese guardian lions

DOI10.1007/S00283-016-9663-0MaRDI QIDQ517899zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eugene A. Katz, Bih-Yaw Jin

Publication date 28 March 2017

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-016-9663-0

zbMATH Keywords

BeijingArchimedean bodiesbronze lionsForbidden Cityfullerene polyhedras and their duals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of mathematics and mathematicians (01A99) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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