Stereographic projection edit

These images show mobius transformations stereographically projected onto the Riemann sphere. Note in particular that when projected onto a sphere, the special case of a fixed point at infinity looks no different to having the fixed points in an arbitrary location.

Elliptic Hyperbolic Loxodromic
One fixed point at Infinity      
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Fixed points diametrically opposite      
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Fixed points in an arbitrary location      
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