Circle packings and the sacred lotus

Leonardo

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-150

  Tarnai, Tibor ^a   Miyazaki, Koji ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33748778683     PISSN: 0024094X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/002409403321554215     Document Type: Article

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