3.II.12G

Geometry | Part IB, 2008

Let DD be the unit disc model of the hyperbolic plane, with metric

4dζ2(1ζ2)2\frac{4|d \zeta|^{2}}{\left(1-|\zeta|^{2}\right)^{2}}

(i) Show that the group of Möbius transformations mapping DD to itself is the group of transformations

ζωζλλˉζ1,\zeta \mapsto \omega \frac{\zeta-\lambda}{\bar{\lambda} \zeta-1},

where λ<1|\lambda|<1 and ω=1|\omega|=1.

(ii) Assuming that the transformations in (i) are isometries of DD, show that any hyperbolic circle in DD is a Euclidean circle.

(iii) Let PP and QQ be points on the unit circle with POQ=2α\angle P O Q=2 \alpha. Show that the hyperbolic distance from OO to the hyperbolic line PQP Q is given by

2tanh1(1sinαcosα)2 \tanh ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-\sin \alpha}{\cos \alpha}\right)

(iv) Deduce that if a>2tanh1(23)a>2 \tanh ^{-1}(2-\sqrt{3}) then no hyperbolic open disc of radius aa is contained in a hyperbolic triangle.

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