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All Sides to an Oval: Properties, Parameters, and Borromini’s Mysterious Construction By Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

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  1. Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli, 39, 10125, Turin, TO, Italy

    Roberta Spallone & Marco Vitali

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Spallone, R., Vitali, M. All Sides to an Oval: Properties, Parameters, and Borromini’s Mysterious Construction By Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti. Math Intelligencer 41, 87–89 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-018-9840-4

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