Riemann sphere
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Within Vinony's link graph, Riemann sphere is referenced by 368 other articles, and connects out to algebraic curve, conformal geometry and Riemann surface.
Vinony files it under Bernhard Riemann, Projective geometry and Riemann surfaces.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sphere
- Named after
- Bernhard Riemann
- Image
- RiemannKugel.svg
- Said to be same as
- sphere
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- Commons category
- Riemann sphere
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- studied by
- Riemannian geometry
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Encyclopedic overview
The Riemann sphere can be visualized as the complex number plane wrapped around a sphere (by some form of stereographic projection – details are given below). Stereographic projection of complex numbers
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