n-sphere

generalization of the ordinary sphere to spaces of arbitrary dimension
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n-sphere

Summary

n-sphere ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (471 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • n-sphere's GND ID is recorded as 4182221-3[2].
  • n-sphere's subclass of is recorded as symmetric space[3].
  • n-sphere's subclass of is recorded as closed manifold[4].
  • n-sphere's subclass of is recorded as non-convex set[5].
  • n-sphere's Commons category is recorded as Spheres[6].
  • n-sphere's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09xmb[7].
  • n-sphere's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0114498[8].
  • n-sphere's has characteristic is recorded as radius[9].
  • n-sphere's has characteristic is recorded as area[10].
  • n-sphere's has characteristic is recorded as volume[11].
  • n-sphere's defining formula is recorded as \mathbb S^n = {x\in\mathbb R^{n+1}\colon |x|=1} = \operatorname{SO}(n+1)/\operatorname{SO}(n)[12].
  • n-sphere's defining formula is recorded as ||\vec{x}|| = r[13].
  • n-sphere's MathWorld ID is recorded as Hypersphere[14].
  • n-sphere's nLab ID is recorded as sphere[15].
  • n-sphere's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[16].
  • n-sphere's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 92119225[17].
  • n-sphere's in defining formula is recorded as r[18].
  • n-sphere's in defining formula is recorded as \vec{x}[19].
  • n-sphere's in defining formula is recorded as ||\cdot||[20].
  • n-sphere's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2776562905[21].
  • n-sphere's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as mathematics/sphere-sn[22].
  • n-sphere's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as hipersfera[23].
  • n-sphere's invariant under is recorded as orthogonal group[24].
  • n-sphere's Yale LUX ID is recorded as activity/cab7a4c1-7972-4ef1-8c33-96e494d0ee67[25].

Why It Matters

n-sphere ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (471 views/month).[1] n-sphere has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] n-sphere is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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