Category Archives: Hyperbolic geometry

Parametrization of SL(2,R)

We are going to discuss Riemannian metric on SL(2,R), which will be more difficult than Riemannian metric on the Poincare disk or on the upper half-plane , because SL(2,R) is three-dimensional. In fact it will be a pseudo-Riemannian metric, because … Continue reading

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Curvature of the upper half-plane

In Geodesics on upper half-plane factory direct we used the Christoffel symbols and identified geodesics on the upper half plane endowed with the hyperbolic geometry metric. The formulas for Christoffel symbols contain derivatives of the metric tensor components: (1)   … Continue reading

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Einstein the Stubborn

Before developing his 1915 General Theory of Relativity, Einstein held the “Entwurf” theory. Tullio Levi-Civita from Padua, one of the founders of tensor calculus, objected to a major problematic element in this theory, which reflected its global problem: its field … Continue reading

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