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stereographic projection

particular mapping that projects a sphere onto a plane
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stereographic projection

Summary

stereographic projection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,827 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • stereographic projection is a type of conformal map[2].
  • stereographic projection's Commons category is recorded as Stereographic projection[3].
  • stereographic projection's said to be the same as is recorded as stereographic map projection[4].
  • stereographic projection's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5].
  • stereographic projection's studied by is recorded as solid geometry[6].
  • stereographic projection's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[7].

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Definition and Type

stereographic projection is a type of conformal map[2].

Why It Matters

stereographic projection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,827 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → stereographic map projection
    Subclass of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565815005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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