All sides to an oval : properties, parameters and Borromini's mysterious construction /: properties, parameters and Borromini's mysterious construction. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti.
• Authors: Mazzotti, Angelo Alessandro
• Contents: Preface to the 2nd edition.-Introduction.-Properties of a polycentric oval.-Four Centre Ovals.- Ruler/Compass constructions of simple ovals.- Ovals with given symmetry axis lines.- Ovals with unknown axis lines.-Inscribing and circumscribing ovals – The frame problem.- The stadium problem and the running track.- Parameter formulas for simple ovals and applications.- Parameter formulas for simple ovals.- Limitations for the frame problem.- Measuring a four-centre oval.- Concentric Ovals - Possible Equations and Geogebra Representations of an Oval.-Optimisation problems for ovals.- Ovals with 4n centres.- Remarkable four-centre ovals .- Borromini's Ovals in the Dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome.-Ovals with 4n Centres: the Ground Plan of the Colosseum and the Neuilly Bridge Arches.-Appendix.-References.-Acknowledgements.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 720.1; Geometry in architecture; Ovals in art; Ovals; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030288105; 3030288102
• Related ISBNs: 9783030288099
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 13, 2019).
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