spherical shell

Region between two concentric spheres of differing radii
Thing shape Q12137
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spherical shell

Summary

spherical shell is a shape[1]. It draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (shape category, ranking #12 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • spherical shell's instance of is recorded as shape[3].
  • spherical shell's part of is recorded as geometry[4].
  • spherical shell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0czf8nr[5].
  • spherical shell's defining formula is recorded as V = \tfrac43\pi \bigl(R^3 - r^3\bigr) = \tfrac43\pi (R-r)\bigl(R^2 + Rr + r^2\bigr)[6].
  • spherical shell's MathWorld ID is recorded as SphericalShell[7].
  • spherical shell's Quora topic ID is recorded as Spherical-Shell[8].
  • spherical shell's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as spherical-shells[9].
  • spherical shell's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[10].
  • spherical shell's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 108280814[11].
  • spherical shell's in defining formula is recorded as V[12].
  • spherical shell's in defining formula is recorded as R[13].
  • spherical shell's in defining formula is recorded as r[14].
  • spherical shell's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C108280814[15].

Why It Matters

spherical shell draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (shape category, ranking #12 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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