descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 01 Sep 2000Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2000 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:The Mathematical Intelligencer, volume 22, pages 8-13 (issn: 0343-6993,

Authors: Eastwood, Michael George; Penrose, R.;

doi: 10.1007/bf03026760 , 10.48550/arxiv.math/0001097

arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0001097

handle: 2440/3660

Drawing with complex numbers

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Abstract

It is not commonly realized that the algebra of complex numbers can be used in an elegant way to represent the images of ordinary 3-dimensional figures, orthographically projected to the plane. We describe these ideas here, both using simple geometry and setting them in a broader context.

14 pages, 5 figures

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Keywords

Descriptive geometry, Mathematics - Metric Geometry, Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces, FOS: Mathematics, Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry, Metric Geometry (math.MG), 51M04 (Primary), 15A09 (Secondary)

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