Hyperbolic geometry with geometric algebra (Q1369768)
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Hyperbolic geometry with geometric algebra (English)
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20 April 1998
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Using the definitions in geometric algebra developed by \textit{D. Hestenes} and \textit{G. Sobczyk} [`Clifford algebra to geometric calculus', New York: D. Reidel, Dordrecht (1984; Zbl 0541.53059)], the author announces (without proofs) three results in hyperbolic geometry. In his first theorem he states formulas for the area and the perimeter of a convex polygon in the hyperbolic plane. The second theorem is a generalization of Ptolemy's theorem for hyperbolic \(n\)-space. In the third theorem, criteria are stated for a triangle in the hyperbolic plane to have inscribed and escribed circles.
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inscribed circles
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geometric algebra
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hyperbolic geometry
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area
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perimeter
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convex polygon
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Ptolemy's theorem
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triangle
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hyperbolic plane
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escribed circles
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