2.II.12A
(i) The spherical circle with centre and radius , is the set of all points on the unit sphere at spherical distance from . Find the circumference of a spherical circle with spherical radius . Compare, for small , with the formula for a Euclidean circle and comment on the result.
(ii) The cross ratio of four distinct points in is
Show that the cross-ratio is a real number if and only if lie on a circle or a line.
[You may assume that Möbius transformations preserve the cross-ratio.]
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