On the Wigner angle and its relation with the defect of a triangle in hyperbolic geometry

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 341-345

  Chen, Jing Ling ^a   Ge, Mo Lin ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defect of a triangle; Hyperbolic geometry; Wigner angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032065816     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(97)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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