Penrose stairs

Summary

Penrose stairs is an impossible object^[1]. It draws 405 Wikipedia views per month (impossible_object category, ranking #2 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• Penrose stairs is credited with the discovery of Lionel Penrose^[3].
• Penrose stairs is credited with the discovery of Roger Penrose^[4].
• Penrose stairs is credited with the discovery of Q2032939^[5].
• Penrose stairs's image is recorded as Impossible staircase.svg^[6].
• Penrose stairs's instance of is recorded as impossible object^[7].
• Penrose stairs's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept^[8].
• Lionel Penrose is named after Penrose stairs^[9].
• Roger Penrose is named after Penrose stairs^[10].
• Penrose stairs's Commons category is recorded as Penrose stairs^[11].
• Penrose stairs's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1959-01-01T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Penrose stairs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028td5^[13].
• Penrose stairs's MathWorld ID is recorded as PenroseStairway^[14].
• Penrose stairs's Quora topic ID is recorded as Penrose-Stairs^[15].
• Penrose stairs's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[16].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Lionel Penrose^[3], a mathematician^[17], 1898–1972^[18], of United Kingdom^[19], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[20], specialised in pediatrics^[21]; Roger Penrose^[4], a mathematician^[22], b. 1931^[23], of United Kingdom^[24], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[25], specialised in physics^[26]; and Q2032939^[5].

Why It Matters

Penrose stairs draws 405 Wikipedia views per month (impossible_object category, ranking #2 of 3).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]