Delaunay triangulation

triangulation method named after Boris Delaunay
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Delaunay triangulation
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Delaunay triangulation

Summary

Delaunay triangulation is a geometric construction[1]. It draws 505 Wikipedia views per month (geometric_construction category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Delaunay triangulation is credited with the discovery of Boris Delaunay[3].
  • Delaunay triangulation's image is recorded as Delaunay Voronoi.svg[4].
  • Delaunay triangulation's instance of is recorded as geometric construction[5].
  • Boris Delaunay is named after Delaunay triangulation[6].
  • Delaunay triangulation's subclass of is recorded as point set triangulation[7].
  • Delaunay triangulation's subclass of is recorded as planar graph[8].
  • Delaunay triangulation's subclass of is recorded as neighborhood graph[9].
  • Delaunay triangulation's Commons category is recorded as Delaunay triangulation[10].
  • Delaunay triangulation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02g5l[11].
  • Delaunay triangulation's dual to is recorded as Voronoi diagram[12].
  • Delaunay triangulation's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000343369[13].
  • Delaunay triangulation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/delaunay[14].
  • Delaunay triangulation's MathWorld ID is recorded as DelaunayTriangulation[15].
  • Delaunay triangulation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Delaunay-Triangulation[16].
  • Delaunay triangulation's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[17].
  • Delaunay triangulation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 68010082[18].
  • Delaunay triangulation's Encyclopedia of Mathematics article ID is recorded as Delaunay_triangulation[19].
  • Delaunay triangulation's GitHub topic is recorded as delaunay-triangulation[20].
  • Delaunay triangulation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C68010082[21].
  • Delaunay triangulation's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 174221[22].
  • Delaunay triangulation's graphclasses.org ID is recorded as gc_1147[23].

Body

Designation and Status

Delaunay triangulation's instance of is recorded as geometric construction[5].

History and Context

Boris Delaunay is named after Delaunay triangulation[6].

Why It Matters

Delaunay triangulation draws 505 Wikipedia views per month (geometric_construction category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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