Duality between hyperbolic and de Sitter geometry

DOI10.1007/S00022-010-0026-2MaRDI QIDQ5962044zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Immanuel Asmus

Publication date 16 September 2010

Published in Journal of Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5303

zbMATH Keywords

de Sitter surfacehyperbolic trigonometryLorentzian geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Real and complex geometry (51M99) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

Abstract: In this paper we describe trigonometry on the de Sitter surface. For that a characterization of geodesics is given, leading to various types of triangles. We define lengths and angles of these. Then, transferring the concept of polar triangles from spherical geometry into the Minkowski space, we relate hyperbolic with de Sitter triangles such that the proof of the hyperbolic law of cosines for angles becomes much clearer and easier than it is traditionally. Furthermore, polar triangles turn out to be a powerful tool for describing de Sitter trigonometry.

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