The hyperbolic pythagorean theorem in the Poincaré disc model of hyperbolic geometry

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 759-763

  Ungar, Abraham A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033240395     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2589022     Document Type: Article

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