The Orthogons

The Orthogons is a dramatic mathematics thriller television series about a team of twelve Orthogons — geometric figures which have been used historically by artists, architects and calligraphers to guide the placement and interaction of elements in a design — which fight crimes against geometry.

Orthogons

These orthogons are:

• Square (1:1 or 1:√1)
• Diagon (1:√2)
• Hecton or sixton (1:√3)
• Doppelquadrat (1:2 or 1:√4)
• Hemiolion (2:3)
• Auron (the golden rectangle, 1:φ)
• Hemidiagon (1:½√5)
• Penton (1:√φ)
• Trion (1:⅔√3)
• Quadriagon (1:(1+√2)/2)
• Biauron (1:2φ)
• Bipenton (1:2√5-2√5)

In the News

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  Evidence emerges that rogue mathematician and alleged time-traveler Anarchimedes is constructing a LEGO-powered doomsday weapon.

Fiction cross-reference

• Anarchimedes
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Gnomon Chronicles (nonfiction)

External links

• Dynamic rectangle @ Wikipedia

Social media

• [ Post] @ Twitter (22 July 2023)