Drawing the Shree Yantra Core with Metapost
Luis Nobre Goncalves; Michal Mádr; Pavel Stříž
Zpravodaj Československého sdružení uživatelů TeXu (2009)
- Volume: 019, Issue: 4, page 212-221
- ISSN: 1211-6661
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topGoncalves, Luis Nobre, Mádr, Michal, and Stříž, Pavel. "Drawing the Shree Yantra Core with Metapost." Zpravodaj Československého sdružení uživatelů TeXu 019.4 (2009): 212-221. <http://eudml.org/doc/298568>.
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abstract = {The Shree Yantra Core is a figure composed of nine interlocking isosceles triangles, all inside a circle. This figure is found in some of the oldest hindu temples and contains, in itself, a series of interesting mathematical problems. This article describes an attempt to solve the problem of drawing the Shree Yantra Core with METAPOST.},
author = {Goncalves, Luis Nobre, Mádr, Michal, Stříž, Pavel},
journal = {Zpravodaj Československého sdružení uživatelů TeXu},
keywords = {METAPOST; Shri Yantra; Yantra; Indie; indické symboly; optimalizace; metoda pokus-omyl; simulace; náboženské symboly; kultovní symboly; METAPOST; Shree Yantra Core; India; Optimization; Trial-and-Error; Simulation; Religion Symbols; Eastern Mysticism},
language = {eng},
number = {4},
pages = {212-221},
publisher = {Československé sdružení uživatelů TeXu},
title = {Drawing the Shree Yantra Core with Metapost},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/298568},
volume = {019},
year = {2009},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Goncalves, Luis Nobre
AU - Mádr, Michal
AU - Stříž, Pavel
TI - Drawing the Shree Yantra Core with Metapost
JO - Zpravodaj Československého sdružení uživatelů TeXu
PY - 2009
PB - Československé sdružení uživatelů TeXu
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SP - 212
EP - 221
AB - The Shree Yantra Core is a figure composed of nine interlocking isosceles triangles, all inside a circle. This figure is found in some of the oldest hindu temples and contains, in itself, a series of interesting mathematical problems. This article describes an attempt to solve the problem of drawing the Shree Yantra Core with METAPOST.
LA - eng
KW - METAPOST; Shri Yantra; Yantra; Indie; indické symboly; optimalizace; metoda pokus-omyl; simulace; náboženské symboly; kultovní symboly; METAPOST; Shree Yantra Core; India; Optimization; Trial-and-Error; Simulation; Religion Symbols; Eastern Mysticism
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- Gonçalves, Luís Nobre, The sriyantraquest.mp program, [cit. August 1, 2009] The full source-code is available at: http://matagalatlante.org/nobre/MetaPost/PlainMetaPostProgs/sriyantraquest.mp . The program listing is also available at: http://matagalatlante.org/nobre/MetaPost/PlainMetaPostProgs/sriyantra.mp
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