Hyperbolic law of cosines - 2nd law
Description
In hyperbolic geometry, the law of cosines is a pair of theorems relating the sides and angles of triangles on a hyperbolic plane, analogous to the planar law of cosines from plane trigonometry, or the spherical law of cosines in spherical trigonometry.
Take a hyperbolic plane whose Gaussian curvature is -1/k^2 . Then given a hyperbolic triangle ABC with angles α, β, γ, and side lengths BC = a, AC = b, and AB = c, two rules hold the second of which is shown here.
Related formulasVariables
α | angle (dimensionless) |
β | angle (dimensionless) |
γ | angle (dimensionless) |
a | length (dimensionless) |
k | carvature (dimensionless) |