Category Archives: Stereographic projection

The mysterious paths on the three-sphere

Wherever you are, whatever you do, there is a certain special direction that takes you out of the infinite labyrinth, and leads to the reincarnation cycle getting closer and closer to the ideal path. Ordinary people do not know about … Continue reading

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Another geodesic line

Saturday. It was warm and sunny. Went for a bicycle raid. Working on generating the exceptional geodesic for d=0.5. But, until that is ready, I have made another geodesic line on the three-sphere, this time for d=0.4999999 and 180 degrees … Continue reading

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Obsessed with geodesics

I can’t help it. I am obsessed with geodesics. Quoting from Encyclopedia of Mathematics: The notion of a geodesic line (also: geodesic) is a geometric concept which is a generalization of the concept of a straight line (or a segment … Continue reading

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