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Steiner chain

cyclic sequence of circles, each tangent to its two neighbors in the sequence and to two fixed circles
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Steiner chain

Summary

Steiner chain is a mathematical concept[1]. It draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #217 of 1,007).[2]

Key Facts

  • Steiner chain's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[3].
  • Steiner chain's Commons category is recorded as Steiner chains[4].
  • Steiner chain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gkrcn[5].
  • Steiner chain's MathWorld ID is recorded as SteinerChain[6].
  • Steiner chain's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[7].
  • Steiner chain's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777128098[8].

Why It Matters

Steiner chain draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #217 of 1,007).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

Jakob Steiner

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Steiner chain. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/steiner-chain
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_steiner-chain_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Steiner chain}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/steiner-chain}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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