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TOPICS in HYPERBOLIC GEOMETRY the Goal of This TOPICS IN HYPERBOLIC GEOMETRY MATH 410. SPRING 2007. INSTRUCTOR: PROFESSOR AITKEN The goal of this handout is to discuss some theorems of Hyperbolic Geometry. Many of these theorems will be given without proof. As mentioned in the previous handout, Euclidean and Hyperbolic Conditions, every theo- rem of Neutral Geometry is a theorem of Hyperbolic Geometry (and Euclidean Geometry). In addition, it was mentioned that the negation of every EC (Eculidean Condition) is also a theorem in Hyperbolic Geometry. In this document, we discuss additional theorems in Hyperbolic Geometry. 1. The Two Types of Parallels in Hyperbolic Geometry Definition 1. If l and m are parallel lines such that there exists a line t perpendicular to both, then we say that l and m are type 1 parallels. If l and m are parallel lines with no such common perpendicular, then we say that l and m are type 2 parallels. There are some things about the two types of parallel lines that are not too hard to prove. Recall that in Hyperbolic Geometry, if l and m are parallel, and if P is a point on m, then there is at most one other point P 0 on m such that P and P 0 are equidistant from l. Proposition 1. Suppose that l and m are parallel lines, and suppose P and P 0 are two points on m that are equidistant from l. Then l and m are type 1 parallel lines. Corollary 1. If l and m are type 2 parallel lines, then any two points of m have different distances from l. Proof. The corollary is just the contrapositive of the proposition, so we just need to prove the proposition. So let l and m be parallel lines, and let P and P 0 be distinct points on m that are equidistant from l. Drop a perpendicular from P to l and let Q be its foot. Drop 0 0 0 0 a perpendicular from P to l and let Q be its foot. Observe that P QQ P is a Sacchari quadrilateral. In the Quadrilateral handout we showed that if M is the midpoint of PP 0 and if N is ←−→ the midpoint of QQ0 then MN is perpendicular to l and m. Thus l and m are type 1 parallels. Proposition 2. Suppose that l and m are type 1 parallel lines. Then the common perpen- dicular to l and m is unique. Proof. Otherwise we could construct a rectangle. But rectangles do not exist in Hyperbolic Geometry. Proposition 3. Suppose that l and m are type 1 parallel lines. Suppose that P ∈ m and ←→ Q ∈ l are chosen so that PQ is perpendicular to both l and m. If A and B are points on m such that A ∗ P ∗ B and AP ∼= PB, then A and B are equidistant from l. Date: Spring 2006 and Spring 2007. Version of May 8, 2007. 1 ∼ ∼ ∼ Proof. By SAS, 4P AQ = P BQ. In particular, AQ = BQ and ∠AQP = BQP . Drop a perpendicular from A to l and let C be its foot. Drop a perpendicular from B to l and let ←→ D be its foot. (One can show that C and D are on opposite sides of PQ so C ∗ Q ∗ D). ∼ ∼ ∼ Since ∠AQP = BQP we get ∠AQC = ∠BQD (complementary angles). Since AQ = BQ ∼ ∼ we get, by AAS, that 4AQC = 4BQD. We conclude that AC = BD. From the above results, we easily get the following: Corollary 2. If l and m are type 1 parallels, then we can find two points on m that are equidistant from l. So two parallel lines are of type 1 if and only if there are two point on one line that are equidistant from the second. Thus, two parallel lines are of type 2 if and only any two points on one line are of non-equal distance from the other line. Finally, we show that as you go away from the common perpendicular, the lines get farther apart: Proposition 4. Suppose that l and m are type 1 parallel lines. Suppose that P ∈ m and ←→ Q ∈ l are chosen so that PQ is perpendicular to both l and m. If A and B are points on m such that P ∗ A ∗ B, then the distance from B to l is greater than the distance from A to l. Proof. Drop a perpendicular from A to l and let C be its foot. Drop a perpendicular from B to l and let D be its foot. Observe that P QCA and P QDB are Lambert quadrilaterals. Thus (by a proposition in the Quadrilateral handout and the fact that rectangles do not exist), ∠CAP and ∠DBP are acute. Since ∠BAC is supplementary to ∠CAP , we have that ∠BAC is obtuse. Thus ∠BAC > ∠DBP . This implies, by a result in the Quadrilateral handout, that BD > AC. Now we discuss some results, but skip the proof. Theorem 1. Let l be a line, and P a point not on l. Then there are exactly two type 2 (limiting) parallels to l passing through P . Definition 2 (Angle of Parallelism). Let l be a line, P a point not on l, and m one of the type 2 (or limiting) parallels to l containing P . If we drop a perpendicular from P to l, ←→ ←→ and call the foot Q, then the line PQ is perpendicular to l. Of course, PQ cannot possibly −→ be perpendicular to m since l and m are type 2 parallels. So there is a ray PA in m such that ∠QP A is acute. This angle is called a angle of parallelism for P and l. Since there are two such limiting (type 2) parallels, there are two angles of parallelism (they turn out to be congruent). Theorem 2. Let l be a line, and P a point not on l. Drop a perpendicular from P to l, and let Q be the foot. Then the measure of the angle of parallelism for l and P depends only on the distance x = PQ . In particular, both angles of parallelism for l and P are congruent. Definition 3. Let l be a line, P a point not on l. Drop a perpendicular from P to l, and call the foot Q. Let ∠QP A be an angle of parallelism and let x = PQ . We define Π(x) to be the measure of ∠QP A. The following in a famous theorem of Bolyai and Lobachevsky 2 Theorem 3 (Bolyai, Lobachevsky). The function Π(x) is strictly decreasing on the interval (0, ∞). Its limit as x → 0 is 90 (measured in degrees). Its limit as x → ∞ is 0. In fact, the function Π(x) is given by the formula Π(x) = 2 tan−1(e−x/k) for some constant k. (Here the tan−1 is chosen so its result is in degrees.) Remark 1. This result illustrates an important principle in Hyperbolic geometry: for short distances Hyperbolic Geometry is a lot like Euclidean Geometry. So for small x, the angle measure Π(x) is close to 90. Observe that in Euclidean Geometry Π(x) = 90. The type 2 parallels to a given line and through a given point P are the limiting parallels. Any line “between” these two will be a type 1 parallel. This is described in the following theorem. Theorem 4. Let l be a line, and P a point not on l. Drop a perpendicular from P to l, and let Q be the foot. Let x = PQ be the distance. Suppose A is a point such that P, Q, A are ←→ not collinear. Then AP is a type 1 parallel to l if and only if Π(x) < | AP Q| < 180 − Π(x). ←→ ∠ Also, AP is a type 2 parallel to l if and only if | AP Q| = Π(x) or | AP Q| = 180 − Π(x) ∠ ←→ ∠ Finally, if if |∠AP Q| < Π(x) or |∠AP Q| > 180 − Π(x) then AP is not parallel to l. 2. The natural unit of length The constant k discussed in the Bolyai-Lobachevsky Theorem is an important constant of Hyperbolic Geometry. As discussed above on small scales, the Hyperbolic Plane “looks like” the Euclidean Plane, and the larger k is, the more Euclidean looking the geometry. For instance, if our universe were hyperbolic the constant k would have to be astronomical since the universe looks Euclidean at the scale of the solar system and the neighboring star systems.1 Note that Π(x) will be very close to 90 when x/k is very small, so if k is huge then for reasonable x we have that Π(x) is approximately 90. If we want, a unit of length can be chosen so that k = 1. As pointed out above, this natural length could be quite large. Theorem 5. Hyperbolic Geometry has a natural measure of length. With respect to this length, Π(x) = 2 tan−1(e−x) The existence of a natural is very surprising since Euclidean Geometry has no such natural length. 1According to a comment on page 390 of our book, if you assume that the universe is hyperbolic, then the constant k would have to be over “six hundred trillion miles” based on the parallax of stars. So, for common distances, x/k is very small, and Π(x) is practically equal to 90. So it would be difficult to do a small scale experiment to decide if we lived in a Euclidean or a Hyperbolic universe. According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, the universe is neither hyperbolic in the sense of having constant negative curvature, nor Euclidean, but is a four-dimensional manifold of variable curvature.
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