The area of a hyperbolic triangle with a vertex at infinity #
idealRegion a b is the region of ℍ above the unit semicircle and between the vertical lines
re = a and re = b. For -1 ≤ a ≤ b ≤ 1 it is a hyperbolic triangle with vertices
a + i √(1 - a²), b + i √(1 - b²) and the point at infinity, and its invariant area is
arccos a - arccos b (volume_idealRegion); this is the base case of the Gauss–Bonnet formula,
in which the two finite angles are arccos (-a) and arccos b. For a = -1 (respectively
b = 1) the left (respectively right) vertex is the ideal point -1 (respectively 1), with
angle 0; in particular the ideal triangle with vertices -1, 1 and ∞ has area π
(volume_idealRegion_neg_one_one). Vertical lines are null (volume_setOf_re_eq).
idealRegionAbove c r a b is the same region for the semicircle of centre c and radius
r > 0, obtained from idealRegion by the affine map z ↦ r z + c (idealRegionAbove_eq_smul);
its area is the same formula in the rescaled endpoints when c - r ≤ a ≤ b ≤ c + r
(volume_idealRegionAbove). The two one-variable integrals of the computation are
TauCeti.lintegral_Ioi_inv_sq and TauCeti.integral_one_div_sqrt_one_sub_sq.
Source: Katok, Fuchsian groups, geodesic flows…, Clay Math. Proc. 10 (2010), §5: the area
μ(A) = ∫_A dx dy / y² (5.1) and its invariance (Theorem 5.3), p. 18; the computation
μ(Δ) = ∫_a^b dx / √(1 - x²) = π - α - β for a triangle with a vertex at ∞, p. 19–20.
The region above the unit semicircle between the verticals re = a and re = b.
Equations
- TauCeti.UpperHalfPlane.idealRegion a b = {z : UpperHalfPlane | a ≤ z.re ∧ z.re ≤ b ∧ 1 ≤ Complex.normSq ↑z}
Instances For
Membership in idealRegion a b.
idealRegion a b is measurable.
A vertical line is a null set.
The area of a hyperbolic triangle with a vertex at infinity, in normal form: the region
above the unit semicircle between the verticals re = a and re = b has invariant area
arccos a - arccos b, for -1 ≤ a ≤ b ≤ 1. For a = -1 (respectively b = 1) the left
(respectively right) vertex is the ideal point -1 (respectively 1), with angle 0.
The area of the ideal triangle with vertices -1, 1 and ∞ is π.
The region above the semicircle of centre c and radius r between the verticals re = a
and re = b.
Equations
Instances For
Membership in idealRegionAbove c r a b.
idealRegionAbove c r a b is measurable.
idealRegionAbove c r a b is the image of idealRegion under the affine map
z ↦ r z + c.
The area of a hyperbolic triangle with a vertex at infinity, for a general semicircle, for
c - r ≤ a ≤ b ≤ c + r.
A geodesic line is a null set.