Archimedean spiral

spiral with constant width between its turnings; in polar coordinates, distance from the origin is linearly proportional to angle
Intangible mathematical_concept Q28967
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Archimedean spiral

Summary

Archimedean spiral is a mathematical concept[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of mathematical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (441 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Archimedean spiral is credited with the discovery of Archimedes[3].
  • Archimedean spiral's image is recorded as Archimedean spiral.svg[4].
  • Archimedean spiral's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[5].
  • Archimedes is named after Archimedean spiral[6].
  • Archimedean spiral's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85006546[7].
  • Archimedean spiral's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122113122[8].
  • Archimedean spiral's subclass of is recorded as spiral[9].
  • Archimedean spiral's subclass of is recorded as transcendental curve[10].
  • Archimedean spiral's subclass of is recorded as generalized Archimedean spiral[11].
  • Archimedean spiral's Commons category is recorded as Archimedean spirals[12].
  • Archimedean spiral's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 38486[13].
  • Archimedean spiral's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gnz_[14].
  • Archimedean spiral's different from is recorded as Archimedes' screw[15].
  • Archimedean spiral's defining formula is recorded as r=a+b\theta[16].
  • Archimedean spiral's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03452337n[17].
  • Archimedean spiral's MathWorld ID is recorded as ArchimedesSpiral[18].
  • Archimedean spiral's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as archimedean-spirals[19].
  • Archimedean spiral's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Archimedean_spiral[20].
  • Archimedean spiral's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[21].
  • Archimedean spiral's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 1174398[22].
  • Archimedean spiral's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Archimedean_Spiral[23].
  • Archimedean spiral's Encyclopedia of Mathematics article ID is recorded as Archimedean_spiral[24].
  • Archimedean spiral's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007294833405171[25].
  • Archimedean spiral's Lex ID is recorded as Archimedes'_spiral[26].
  • Archimedean spiral's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 190388[27].

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Works and Contributions

Archimedean spiral is credited with the discovery of Archimedes[3].

Why It Matters

Archimedean spiral ranks in the top 6% of mathematical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (441 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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