The Pentagram: From the Goddess to Symplectic Geometry

Year: 2007 Authors: Elisa Prato

Core claim

The pentagram appears naturally both in Babylonian and Greek goddess traditions and in a symplectic-geometric construction of Penrose rhombus tiles.

Topics

pentagram symbolism, Penrose rhombus tilings, symplectic geometry, golden ratio, quasifolds

Domains

symplectic geometry, convex polygons, torus actions, quasifolds, golden ratio, geometric design, tiling theory, symbolic art

Methods

historical interpretation, geometric decomposition, symplectic correspondence, literature synthesis

Media

pentagram, Penrose rhombuses, figures, cuneiform texts

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