Hyperbolic Geometry from a Local Viewpoint Paperback

Author
Keen, Linda/ Lakic, Nikola
Publisher
Cambridge
Published
20070430
ISBN
9780521682244
ISBN registration area
English-language area (ISBN 978-0)

Description

Written for graduate students, this book presents topics in 2-dimensional hyperbolic geometry. The authors begin with rigid motions in the plane which are used as motivation for a full development of hyperbolic geometry in the unit disk. The approach is to define metrics from an infinitesimal point of view; first the density is defined and then the metric via integration.