On the volume formulas of cones and orthogonal multi-cones in \(S^n(1)\) and \(H^n(-1)\) (Q2431977)

The author gives volume formulae of solid cones in higher dimensional hyperbolic (or spherical) space. We well know that in Euclidian space the volume of a solid cone is equal to one \(n\)th of the \((n-1)\)-dimensional volume of its base times its height. In Euclidian space, this formula is given by integration. But in hyperbolic space we need another kind of thought to get a similar formula. The author remarks that these formulae can be applied to the high dimensional sphere packing problem and high dimensional kissing number problem. It's very interesting.