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Gaussian surface

closed surface in three-dimensional space through which the flux of a vector field is calculated; usually the gravitational field, the electric field, or magnetic field
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Gaussian surface

Summary

Gaussian surface ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Carl Friedrich Gauss is named after Gaussian surface[2].
  • Gaussian surface's subclass of is recorded as surface[3].
  • Gaussian surface's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/096v6t[4].
  • Gaussian surface's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02703225n[5].
  • Gaussian surface's Quora topic ID is recorded as Gaussian-Surface[6].
  • Gaussian surface's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 68806387[7].
  • Gaussian surface's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C68806387[8].

Why It Matters

Gaussian surface ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Carl Friedrich Gauss

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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