Antipodal stereographic coordinate relation ($q=-1/\overline{p}$)

For north-pole stereographic projection $p=(X+iY)/(1-Z)$ on the unit sphere, the antipodal pair point has coordinate $q=-(X+iY)/(1+Z)$. Since $X^2+Y^2=1-Z^2$, this gives $p\overline{q}=-1$ when both coordinates are finite. On the whole Riemann sphere, write $q=-1/\overline{p}$, pairing zero with infinity. The two axis endpoints fixed by a sphere rotation obey this relation.

Use the north-pole stereographic projection and the cross-ratio convention $[a,b;c,d]=(a-c)(b-d)/[(a-d)(b-c)]$. Antipodes have coordinates $-1/\bar{u}$. Rotate the first point to the south pole, whose coordinate is zero: its antipode becomes infinity, while a point at spherical distance $d$ has projected modulus $\tan (d/2)$. Möbius invariance of the cross-ratio then gives the displayed identity. Antipodal endpoints require the extended-value interpretation.