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English: A complex number c can be mapped on the surface of a sphere, where the south pole corresponds to c=0+i0, the equator to |c|=1, and the north pole to complex numbers with infinite modulus (their phase doesn't matter).
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Source https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1143077137861230592
Author Jacopo Bertolotti
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Mathematica 11.0 code

riemannsphere[c_] := {(2 Re[c])/(1 + Re[c]^2 + Im[c]^2), (2 Im[c])/(1 + Re[c]^2 + Im[c]^2), (Re[c]^2 + Im[c]^2 - 1)/(1 + Re[c]^2 + Im[c]^2)};
p1 = Table[
   c =3 Sin[2 j] + I 2 Sin[1 j];
   Graphics3D[{Text[Style["Re", Bold, Large], {3.4, 0, 0}], Text[Style["Im", Bold, Large], {0, 3.6, 0}], Thick, Arrow[{{-3.1, 0, 0}, {3, 0, 0}}], Arrow[{{0, -3.1, 0}, {0, 3, 0}}], Line[{{0, 0, 1}, {Re[c], Im[c], 0}}], Line[{{0, 0, 1}, riemannsphere[c]}], PointSize[0.03], Blue, Point[riemannsphere[c] ], Black, Point[{Re[c], Im[c], 0}], Opacity[0.5], White, Sphere[], Polygon[{{3, 3, 0}, {3, -3, 0}, {-3, -3, 0}, {-3, 3, 0}}]}, Boxed -> False, Lighting -> "Neutral", ViewPoint -> {3, 3, 3}, PlotLabel -> Style[StringForm["c\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\(=\), \(``\)]\)", Round[c, 0.01], j], Medium, FontFamily -> "DejaVu Serif"], LabelStyle -> {Black, Bold} ]
   , {j, 0, 2 \[Pi], 0.05}];
ListAnimate[p1, 15]

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Matting of the complex plane on the Riemann sphere

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