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  2. 3-sphere - Wikipedia

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    Direct projection of 3-sphere into 3D space and covered with surface grid, showing structure as stack of 3D spheres (2-spheres) In mathematics, a hypersphere or 3-sphere is a 4-dimensional analogue of a sphere, and is the 3-dimensional n-sphere. In 4-dimensional Euclidean space, it is the set of points equidistant from a fixed central point.

  3. Sphere - Wikipedia

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    S ‍ 3: a 3-sphere is a sphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space. Spheres for n > 2 are sometimes called hyperspheres. The n-sphere of unit radius centered at the origin is denoted S ‍ n and is often referred to as "the" n-sphere. The ordinary sphere is a 2-sphere, because it is a 2-dimensional surface which is embedded in 3-dimensional space.

  4. Spherical geometry - Wikipedia

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    In spherical geometry, the basic concepts are point and great circle. However, two great circles on a plane intersect in two antipodal points, unlike coplanar lines in Elliptic geometry. In the extrinsic 3-dimensional picture, a great circle is the intersection of the sphere with any plane through the center.

  5. Borromean rings - Wikipedia

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    [3] [18] The first work of knot theory to include the Borromean rings was a catalog of knots and links compiled in 1876 by Peter Tait. [3] In recreational mathematics, the Borromean rings were popularized by Martin Gardner, who featured Seifert surfaces for the Borromean rings in his September 1961 "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific ...

  6. n-sphere - Wikipedia

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    For any natural number ⁠ ⁠, an ⁠ ⁠-sphere of radius ⁠ ⁠ is defined as the set of points in ⁠ (+) ⁠-dimensional Euclidean space that are at distance ⁠ ⁠ from some fixed point ⁠ ⁠, where ⁠ ⁠ may be any positive real number and where ⁠ ⁠ may be any point in ⁠ (+) ⁠-dimensional space.

  7. Sphere packing - Wikipedia

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    Such processes depend on the geometry of the container holding the spherical grains. [2] When spheres are randomly added to a container and then compressed, they will generally form what is known as an "irregular" or "jammed" packing configuration when they can be compressed no more. This irregular packing will generally have a density of about ...

  8. List of spherical symmetry groups - Wikipedia

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    The group order is defined as the subscript, unless the order is doubled for symbols with a plus or minus, "±", prefix, which implies a central inversion. [3] Hermann–Mauguin notation (International notation) is also given. The crystallography groups, 32 in total, are a subset with element orders 2, 3, 4 and 6. [4]

  9. Coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The symbol ρ is often used ... this is the basis of analytic geometry. [3] Common coordinate systems ... planes, circles or spheres. For example, ...