Dimensioning of ancient buildings for spectacles through \textit{Stereometrica} and \textit{De mensuris} by Heron of Alexandria

DOI10.1007/S00004-014-0230-8MaRDI QIDQ895591zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carlo Bianchini, Filippo Fantini

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/s00004-014-0230-8

zbMATH Keywords

gridssymmetrysquaring the circleshapesproportional analysismodulesmeasurement/measuring systemshistorical treatisehistorical eraalgorithmsgeometrygeometric analysisdesign theorydesign analysiscirclesbuilding typearithmetic progressions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and architecture (00A67) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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