On the construction of the Śrī Yantra
The Śrī Yantra (or Śrī Cakra) is a sacred diagram of Tantric Hinduism. Its study stimulated a vast effort of specialists from different fields. In mathematics, its construction sets an elementary and nontrivial problem. In this note, we work out a straightedge and compass method for constructing con...
Main Author: | Chiodo, Alessandro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Académie des sciences
2021-05-01
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Series: | Comptes Rendus. Mathématique |
Online Access: | https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mathematique/articles/10.5802/crmath.163/ |
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