Riemann spheres

A form of Riemann sphere — The complex numbers extended with the number ∞; the complex plane (representation of the complex numbers as a Euclidean plane) extended with a single idealised point at infinity and consequently homeomorphic to a sphere in 3-dimensional Euclidean space.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Riemann sphere
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