Riemann sphere
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- Instance of
- sphere
- Named after
- Bernhard Riemann
- Image
- RiemannKugel.svg
- Said to be same as
- sphere
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- Riemann sphere
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- 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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