An introduction to the vesica piscis, the Reuleaux triangle and related geometric constructions in modern architecture

DOI10.1007/S00004-015-0253-9MaRDI QIDQ895584zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Javier Barrallo, Francisco González-Quintial, Santiago Sánchez-Beitia

Publication date 4 December 2015

Published in Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0253-9

zbMATH Keywords

Reuleaux trianglecircle intersectionstructural expressionismvesica piscis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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