A Minoan Geometry for Bisecting and Trisecting the Right Angle
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In a recent paper, we have shown that Egyptians of the New Kingdom were making drawings using compass and straightedge before creating the polychrome decorations of their artifact. Arguing that the use of such instruments had been previously consolidated in the eastern Mediterranean area, here we consider the possibility that the Minoan civilization had a geometry, which allowed its architects and skilled workers to bisect and trisect the right angle with compass and straight-edge. To this purpose, we will analyse some decorations on artifacts and some frescoes found in the Knossos Palace of Crete and at Akrotiri, on the island of Santorini.
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| Document Title | A Minoan Geometry for Bisecting and Trisecting the Right Angle |
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| Author / Organization | Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, Mauro Maria Baldi |
| Subject & Discipline | Multidisciplinary Academic Open Research |
| Categories | Science & Mathematics |
| Publication Year | 2016 |
| License / Rights | Open Access / Creative Commons |
| Resource Verification | Listed PDF (Verification Pending) |
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HAL Open Science
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| File Format | application/pdf (Portable Document Format) |
| Language | EN |
| Catalog ID | DOC-215360 |
| Original Source Link | Visit Source Page on hal.science » |