How to derive Lobachevsky's formula for the angle of parallelism
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I'm lightly studying some non-Euclidean Geometry and in the book I am reading there is no proof or derivation from where the Lobachevsky formula for angle of parallelism comes from:
$$Pi(x)=2tan^{-1}left(e^{-x}right)$$
Any help? Thanks
P.S. I couldn't find anything by google search either.
differential-geometry hyperbolic-geometry noneuclidean-geometry
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I'm lightly studying some non-Euclidean Geometry and in the book I am reading there is no proof or derivation from where the Lobachevsky formula for angle of parallelism comes from:
$$Pi(x)=2tan^{-1}left(e^{-x}right)$$
Any help? Thanks
P.S. I couldn't find anything by google search either.
differential-geometry hyperbolic-geometry noneuclidean-geometry
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have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_parallelism, I doubt there is a proof it is more an axiom defining what a curvature of -1 means
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– Willemien
Jul 28 '16 at 5:52
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I'm lightly studying some non-Euclidean Geometry and in the book I am reading there is no proof or derivation from where the Lobachevsky formula for angle of parallelism comes from:
$$Pi(x)=2tan^{-1}left(e^{-x}right)$$
Any help? Thanks
P.S. I couldn't find anything by google search either.
differential-geometry hyperbolic-geometry noneuclidean-geometry
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I'm lightly studying some non-Euclidean Geometry and in the book I am reading there is no proof or derivation from where the Lobachevsky formula for angle of parallelism comes from:
$$Pi(x)=2tan^{-1}left(e^{-x}right)$$
Any help? Thanks
P.S. I couldn't find anything by google search either.
differential-geometry hyperbolic-geometry noneuclidean-geometry
differential-geometry hyperbolic-geometry noneuclidean-geometry
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Marek KurczynskiMarek Kurczynski
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have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_parallelism, I doubt there is a proof it is more an axiom defining what a curvature of -1 means
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– Willemien
Jul 28 '16 at 5:52
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have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_parallelism, I doubt there is a proof it is more an axiom defining what a curvature of -1 means
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– Willemien
Jul 28 '16 at 5:52
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have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_parallelism, I doubt there is a proof it is more an axiom defining what a curvature of -1 means
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– Willemien
Jul 28 '16 at 5:52
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have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_parallelism, I doubt there is a proof it is more an axiom defining what a curvature of -1 means
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– Willemien
Jul 28 '16 at 5:52
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Hint An interesting relation between arcus tangent and exponential function are made clear in one complex variable
$$arctan(z) = frac{1}{2}ileft[ln(1-iz) -ln(1+iz)right]$$
Maybe it can help you somehow.
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Hint An interesting relation between arcus tangent and exponential function are made clear in one complex variable
$$arctan(z) = frac{1}{2}ileft[ln(1-iz) -ln(1+iz)right]$$
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$$arctan(z) = frac{1}{2}ileft[ln(1-iz) -ln(1+iz)right]$$
Maybe it can help you somehow.
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Hint An interesting relation between arcus tangent and exponential function are made clear in one complex variable
$$arctan(z) = frac{1}{2}ileft[ln(1-iz) -ln(1+iz)right]$$
Maybe it can help you somehow.
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Hint An interesting relation between arcus tangent and exponential function are made clear in one complex variable
$$arctan(z) = frac{1}{2}ileft[ln(1-iz) -ln(1+iz)right]$$
Maybe it can help you somehow.
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have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_parallelism, I doubt there is a proof it is more an axiom defining what a curvature of -1 means
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