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A glome is a 4-sphere (in the geometer's sense of the word)

 x^2+y^2+z^2+w^2=r^2

(as opposed to the usual 3-sphere). The term derives from the Latin "glomus" meaning "ball of string."


See also

Ball, Closed Ball, Hypersphere, Open Ball, Sphere

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Glome." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Glome.html

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