de Sitter space

Summary

de Sitter space ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (295 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• de Sitter space's image is recorded as Hyperb1N.png^[2].
• Willem de Sitter is named after de Sitter space^[3].
• de Sitter space's subclass of is recorded as Lambdavacuum solution^[4].
• de Sitter space's subclass of is recorded as homogeneous space^[5].
• de Sitter space's subclass of is recorded as Lorentzian manifold^[6].
• de Sitter space's subclass of is recorded as static spacetime^[7].
• de Sitter space's opposite of is recorded as anti-de Sitter space^[8].
• de Sitter space's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rzd0^[9].
• de Sitter space's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/de-sitter-spacetime^[10].
• de Sitter space's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'dS'}^[11].
• de Sitter space's defining formula is recorded as \operatorname{dS}_n=\frac{\operatorname O(1,n)}{\operatorname O(1,n-1)}^[12].
• de Sitter space's Quora topic ID is recorded as De-Sitter-Space^[13].
• de Sitter space's schematic is recorded as DeSitter-conformal.svg^[14].
• de Sitter space's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[15].
• de Sitter space's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 22366356^[16].
• de Sitter space's in defining formula is recorded as \operatorname{dS}_n^[17].
• de Sitter space's in defining formula is recorded as \operatorname O(1,-)^[18].
• de Sitter space's in defining formula is recorded as \frac{\quad}{\quad}^[19].
• de Sitter space's in defining formula is recorded as n^[20].
• de Sitter space's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C22366356^[21].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for de Sitter space include anti-It^[22], a Lambdavacuum solution^[23].

Why It Matters

de Sitter space ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (295 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]

Entities named for it include anti-It^[22], a Lambdavacuum solution^[23].