Medieval Islamic Designs Reveal Math Breakthrough 1 (of 5) (IMAGE)

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Medieval Islamic Designs Reveal Math Breakthrough 1 (of 5)

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Girih pattern from the Seljuk Mama Hatun Mausoleum in Tercan, Turkey (~1200 C.E.), with girih-tile reconstruction overlaid at bottom. This image relates to article that appeared in the Feb. 23, 2007, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Peter Lu and colleagues of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., was titled "Decagonal and Quasi-Crystalline Tilings in Medieval Islamic Architecture."

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