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Hyperbolic Geometry

Explore the spectacular world of non-Euclidean geometry through 40 interactive demonstrations. Navigate infinite tilings, trace geodesics that curve through the Poincare disk, and fly through hyperbolic 3-space — all in your browser.

See also: Differential Geometry for the Riemannian metric of negative curvature, Group Theory for the isometry groups of the hyperbolic plane, and Topology for hyperbolic surfaces as quotients of H².

  1. 01

    The Parallel Postulate & Non-Euclidean Worlds

    What happens when Euclid's Fifth Postulate fails — and why it took 2,000 years to find out

    4 demos
  2. 02

    The Poincare Disk Model

    An entire infinite plane fit inside a circle — Escher's favorite geometry

    4 demos
  3. 03

    The Upper Half-Plane Model

    Hyperbolic geometry where the metric stretches to infinity at the horizon

    4 demos
  4. 04

    Mobius Transformations & Isometries

    The symmetries of hyperbolic space — rotations, translations, and limit rotations

    4 demos
  5. 05

    Hyperbolic Tilings & Tessellations

    GPU-accelerated infinite tilings — regular, semi-regular, and Escher-inspired

    4 demos
  6. 06

    Geodesics & Hyperbolic Distances

    Shortest paths, distance formulas, and the exponential growth of circles

    4 demos
  7. 07

    The Hyperboloid & Klein Models

    Hyperbolic geometry in 3D Minkowski space and the projective Klein disk

    4 demos
  8. 08

    Hyperbolic Surfaces & the Pseudosphere

    Physical surfaces with constant negative curvature — from tractrix to crochet

    4 demos
  9. 09

    Hyperbolic Groups & Symmetry

    Triangle groups, Fuchsian groups, and the wild symmetries of hyperbolic space

    4 demos
  10. 10

    Applications of Hyperbolic Geometry

    From networks to nature — hyperbolic geometry in the real world

    4 demos

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