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English: Lexell's theorem: triangles of constant area on fixed base AB have their free vertex C along a small circle through points antipodal to A and B. In the half-plane model of hyperbolic geometry, antipodal points are outside the hyperbolic plane.
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Author Jacob Rus

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Lexell's theorem: triangles of constant area on fixed base AB have their free vertex C along a small circle through points antipodal to A and B. In the half-plane model of hyperbolic geometry, antipodal points are outside the hyperbolic plane.

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current00:11, 9 July 2023Thumbnail for version as of 00:11, 9 July 20231,106 × 1,204 (276 KB)Jacobolusadd antipodal hypercycle
22:03, 3 July 2023Thumbnail for version as of 22:03, 3 July 20231,116 × 1,214 (252 KB)Jacobolusadd geodesic ("straight line") in purple
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