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Apollonian gasket

fractal generated from three mutually tangent circles by repeatedly placing a tangent circle into the gap between three circles
Thing fractal Q1184368
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Apollonian gasket

Summary

Apollonian gasket is a fractal[1]. It draws 1,642 Wikipedia views per month (fractal category, ranking #5 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Apollonian gasket's instance of is recorded as fractal[3].
  • Apollonius of Perga is named after Apollonian gasket[4].
  • Apollonian gasket was followed by Apollonian sphere packing[5].
  • Apollonian gasket's Commons category is recorded as Apollonian gasket[6].
  • Apollonian gasket's has part is recorded as circle[7].
  • Apollonian gasket's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].

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Definition and Type

Apollonian gasket's instance of is recorded as fractal[3].

Origins

Apollonius of Perga is named after Apollonian gasket[4].

Why It Matters

Apollonian gasket draws 1,642 Wikipedia views per month (fractal category, ranking #5 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Apollonius of Perga

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Apollonian sphere packing
    Instance of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Named after → Apollonius of Perga
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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