Mollweide projection

Summary

Mollweide projection is an equal-area projection^[1]. It draws 385 Wikipedia views per month (equal_area_projection category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mollweide projection is credited with the discovery of Karl Mollweide^[3].
• Mollweide projection's image is recorded as World borders mollweide.png^[4].
• Mollweide projection's image is recorded as Mollweide projection SW.jpg^[5].
• Mollweide projection's image is recorded as Mollweide with Tissot's Indicatrices of Distortion.svg^[6].
• Mollweide projection's instance of is recorded as equal-area projection^[7].
• Mollweide projection's instance of is recorded as pseudocylindrical projection^[8].
• Mollweide projection's instance of is recorded as map projection^[9].
• Karl Mollweide is named after Mollweide projection^[10].
• Jacques Babinet is named after Mollweide projection^[11].
• Mollweide projection's Commons category is recorded as Mollweide projection^[12].
• Mollweide projection's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0400pr^[13].
• Mollweide projection's defining formula is recorded as \begin{align} x &= R \frac{2 \sqrt 2}{\pi} \left( \lambda - \lambda_{0} \right) \cos \theta, \[5px] y &= R \sqrt 2 \sin \theta ,\end{align}^[14].
• Mollweide projection's MathWorld ID is recorded as MollweideProjection^[15].
• Mollweide projection's Quora topic ID is recorded as Mollweide-Projection^[16].
• Mollweide projection's LC and MARC vocabularies ID is recorded as mprojection/bf^[17].
• Mollweide projection's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[18].
• Mollweide projection's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 27902388^[19].
• Mollweide projection's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 142884^[20].

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Works and Contributions

Mollweide projection is credited with the discovery of Karl Mollweide^[3].

Why It Matters

Mollweide projection draws 385 Wikipedia views per month (equal_area_projection category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]