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Figures 2, 3, and 4

Figures 2, 3, and 4



Figure 2. Escher's "framework."
 
 
 

Figure 3. Triangle with angles omega at X1 and X3, and pi - omega at X2.
 
 
 

Figure 4. The similar triangles O1AC and O2AB.
 
 
 
These figures are reprinted from "The Trigonometry of Escher's Woodcut "Circle Limit III" by H. S. M. Coxeter, which originally appeared in the Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 18 No. 4 (1996), 42-46. © Copyright 1996 Springer-Verlag New York. Reprinted by permission of Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. FURTHER REPRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
 
 
 

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