Stereographic Projection

Azimuthal Conformal

Imagine a light at the South Pole projecting onto a plane touching the North Pole. Circles on the globe stay circles. Used in crystallography and complex analysis. Gets wild near the antipode.

Preserves
Angles and circular shapes
Distorts
Area grows exponentially from centre
Group
Azimuthal
Weirdness
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