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Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklova, 2004 Volume 247, Pages 267–279 (Mi tm24)

Extended Hyperbolic Surfaces in $R^3$

D. W. Henderson

Cornell University

Abstract: In this paper, I will describe the construction of several surfaces whose intrinsic geometry is hyperbolic geometry, in the same sense that spherical geometry is the geometry of the standard sphere in Euclidean 3-space. I will prove that the intrinsic geometry of these surfaces is, in fact, (a close approximation of) hyperbolic geometry. I will share how I (and others) have used these surfaces to increase our own (and our students') experiential understanding of hyperbolic geometry. (How to find hyperbolic geodesics? What are horocycles? Does a hyperbolic plane have a radius? Where does the area formula $\pi r^2$ fit in hyperbolic geometry?).

UDC: 514.132

Received in August 2003

Language: English


 English version:
Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics, 2004, 247, 246–258

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