The area formula for hyperbolic triangles

DOI10.4171/196-1/2MaRDI QIDQ2418606zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Elena Frenkel, Weixu Su

Publication date 28 May 2019

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4171/196-1/2

zbMATH Keywords

areahyperbolic trianglesLexell problemspherical geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (51M09) Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (general) and generalizations (51M10) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25)

Review text

Summary: We prove an area formula in terms of side lengths for hyperbolic triangles. The proof is analogous to a proof given by Leonhard Euler in the spherical case. We take this opportunity to prove other results in hyperbolic geometry using the variational techniques that Euler introduced in his work on spherical geometry. We consider in particular the famous Lexell Problem, that is, the problem of finding the locus of vertices of triangles of fixed area and fixed basis. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1412.51001].

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