Description
Hyperbolic space ℍⁿ, Poincaré disk and half-plane. Constant curvature −1, ideal boundary, and Mostow rigidity.
Dependency Flowchart
graph TD
D1["D1 Hyperbolic space H^n\nComplete simply connected K ≡ −1"]
D2["D2 Poincaré disk model\nUnit ball with ds² = 4(dx²)/(1−|x|²)²"]
D3["D3 Ideal boundary ∂∞ H^n\nAsymptotic geodesic classes"]
D4["D4 Hyperbolic isometry\nMöbius or fractional linear"]
T1["T1 Geodesics are lines/circles\nPerpendicular to boundary in disk"]
T2["T2 Mostow rigidity\nn ≥ 3: isom π₁M ≅ π₁N ⇒ M ≅ N"]
T3["T3 Triangle area\nArea = π − (angles) for geodesic triangle"]
T4["T4 Thin triangles\nSides within δ of each other"]
T5["T5 Classification of isometries\nElliptic, parabolic, hyperbolic"]
D1 --> D2
D1 --> D3
D1 --> D4
D2 --> T1
D1 --> T2
D2 --> T3
D1 --> T4
D4 --> T5
T1 --> T3
T1 --> T4
T2 --> D4
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classDef theorem fill:#1abc9c,color:#fff,stroke:#16a085
class D1,D2,D3,D4 definition
class T1,T2,T3,T4,T5 theorem
Color Scheme
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Definitions (D1–D4)
Definitions (D1–D4)
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Theorems (T1–T5)
Theorems (T1–T5)
Info
- Subcategory: metric_geometry
- Keywords: hyperbolic space, Poincaré, Mostow rigidity, ideal boundary
- Research frontier: arXiv math.MG