1.II.13F

Geometry | Part IB, 2003

Write down the Riemannian metric in the half-plane model of the hyperbolic plane. Show that Möbius transformations mapping the upper half-plane to itself are isometries of this model.

Calculate the hyperbolic distance from ibi b to ici c, where bb and cc are positive real numbers. Assuming that the hyperbolic circle with centre ibi b and radius rr is a Euclidean circle, find its Euclidean centre and radius.

Suppose that aa and bb are positive real numbers for which the points ibi b and a+iba+i b of the upper half-plane are such that the hyperbolic distance between them coincides with the Euclidean distance. Obtain an expression for bb as a function of aa. Hence show that, for any bb with 0<b<10<b<1, there is a unique positive value of aa such that the hyperbolic distance between ibi b and a+iba+i b coincides with the Euclidean distance.

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