Geometry Epiphany Flashcards

1
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Mobius transformation map is a bijection of the

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Riemann sphere onto itself

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Mobius transformation form a group with respect to compoistion isomorphic to

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invertible matrices up to scalar multiplication , det is not 0

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3
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Mob transformation is generated by

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z-> az, z -> z + 1, z -> 1/z

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4
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Mobius transformations act on C U infinity

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triply-transitively

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5
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A mobius transformation is uniquely determined by the images of

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3 points

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6
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Mobius transformation takes lines and circles to

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lines and circles

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7
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Mobius transformations preserve

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angles between curves

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8
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fixed points of mobius transformation is a quadratic equation with respect to z and has

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exactly 2 complex roots

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9
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A mobius transformations with a unique fixed point is called

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parabolic

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10
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Every parabolic mobius transformations is conjugate in the group Mob to

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z -> z + 1

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11
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Every non- parabolic mobius transformation is conjugate in Mob to

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z -> az, a is a complex number not 0

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12
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A non - parabolic Mob transformations is elliptic if

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|a| = 1

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13
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A non - parabolic Mob transformations is hyperbolic if

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|a| is not 1 and a is real

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14
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A non - parabolic Mob transformations is ioxodromic of

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|a| is not 1 and a is not real

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15
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Parabolic elements when fixed point is infinite is a

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translation of all points by same vecotr. When Mob trans is applied iterations of trans move points along circles through the fixed point

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16
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Elliptic elements rotate points

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around 2 equally good fixed points

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17
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hyperbolic and ioxodromic have

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one attractive fixpoint and one repelling

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18
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Inversion with respect to circle takes a point A to

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a point A’ lying on the ray OA such that |OA| . |OA’| = r^2

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19
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Inversion^2 =

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identity

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20
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inversion in circle preserves

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circle pointwise

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21
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if P’ = I_gamma(P) and Q’ = I(Q’) than triangle OPQ is

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similar to triangle OQ’P’

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22
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lines through origin are mapped to

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lines through origin

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23
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lines not through origin are mapped to

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circles through origin and vice versa

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24
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circles not through origin are mapped to

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circles not through origin

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25
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Inversion preserves

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angles between curves and cross-ratio of four points

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26
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Inversion can be thought of as ‘reflection with respect to a

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circle’

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27
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every inversion is conjugate to a

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reflection by another inversion

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28
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Every Mobius transformation is a composition of an

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even number of inversions and reflections

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29
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Inversion and reflection change

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orientation of the plane

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30
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Since mobius transformation are even number of inversion and reflection they preserve

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orientation

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31
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mobius transformations preserve

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cross- ratios

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32
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Mobius transformation is determined by images of

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3 points

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33
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Points z1,z2,z3 (complex numbers) are collinear iff

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z1-z2/z1-z3 is real

34
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points z1,z2,z3,z4 lie on one line or circle iff

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the cross ratio is real

35
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given 4 distinct points the cross ratio is not

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1

36
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cross ratios of four points lying on a line or a circle are preserve by

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inversions and reflections

37
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inversion takes spheres and planes to

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spheres and planes

38
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Stereographic projection takes circles to

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circles and lines

39
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stereographic projection preserves

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angles and cross-ratios

40
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Poincare disc model is

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unit disc, boundary is absolute, lines and circles orthogonal to absolute, distance is cross ratio,

41
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any two points in Poincare disc model there exists a …….. through both points

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hyperbolic line. sae if one or both points are lying on absolute

42
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if A and B are on absolute of poincare disc modal than any hyperbolic line through them are ….. to absolute at A and B

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orthogonal

43
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d\9A,B\0 on poincare disc model satisfies …. of distance

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axioms - positvity, symmetry and trainagle inequality

44
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all isometries in poincare disc model preserve the

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disc and cross-ratios

45
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l is a orthogonal line and A is not on l but in disc or absolute. then there exsists l’ ….

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through A orthognal to l

46
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l is a hyperbolic line and A is on l then there exists l’

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through A and orthognal to l

47
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every hyperbolic segments has a

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midpoint

48
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the isometry group of poincare disc acts transitively on

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triples of points of the absolute and on points in disc and on flags

49
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for c in AB d(A,C) + d(C,B) =

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d(A,B)

50
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in the right angled traingle with angle c = pi/2 d(B,C) ,

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d(B,A)

51
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triangle inequality for c not in AB d(A,C) +d(C,B)

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> = d(A,B)

52
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hyperbolic circles are represented by ….. in the poincare disc model

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euclidean circles

53
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every eunclidean cricles in the poincare disc represents a

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hyperbolic line

54
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euclidean centre of the circle with hyperbolic centre A not in o is different from

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hypberolic centre A

55
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An isometry of H^2 is uniquely determined by the image of a

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flag

56
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every isomtery of the poincare disc model can be written as either … or

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az+b/cz+d mobius transformation or anit-mobius transformation

57
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An insometry of H^2 is uniqule determined by the images of three

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points of the absolute

58
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isometries preserve the angles means

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hyperbolic angles coincides with euclidean ones

59
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the sum of angles in a hyperbolic triangle is less than

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pi

60
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in the upper half plane hyperbolic circles are represented by

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euclidean circles

61
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every isometry of the upper half plane can be written as

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mobius transfomration or anti mobius where (-z)

62
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orientation preserving isometries of the upper half plane can be written as

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mobius transformation where determinant is 1

63
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orient reversing isomtries can be written as

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anti mobius transfomration where det = -1

64
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parallel aviom for hyperbolic geomtery says

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there are infinietly many line l’ disjoint from a given line l and passing through a given point A not in l

65
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angle of parallelism depends only on the

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distance d(A.l) = min(A,B) = d(A,H)

66
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a hyperbolic polygon with all vertices on the absolute is called

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ideal polygon

67
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Klein disc: model is inside …. lines are represented by ….. isometries are …….

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unit disc, chords, projective maps preserving the disc

68
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geomtery of the kelin disc coincides with geomtery of the

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poincare disc

69
Q

can you light to project hemisphere model to

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klein disc, Poincare disc, and upper half-plane

70
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Klein disc model is useful for

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working with lines and right angles

71
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isometries are projective transformations preserving the

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cone

72
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2-sheet hyperboloid determines the same hyperbolic geometry as the

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klein model

73
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if <a,a> > 0 than hyperbolic line, la, intersects the

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cone producing a hyperbolic line

74
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if <a,a> = 0 than the hyperbolic line is tangent to

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cone producing the point a on the absolute

75
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<a,a> < 0 than hyperbolic line does not intersect the …. and gives no ….

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cone, line

76
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a reflection with respect to a hyperbolic line l is an isometry preserving the line l …. and swapping the …..

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pointwise, half-planes

77
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any of isometry of two sheet hyperboloid is a composition of at most

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3 reflections

78
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a non-trivial orientation - preserving isomtery of two sheet paraboloid has either .. fixed point in H^2, or … fixed point on the absolutw=e or … fixed point on the absolute

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1,1,2

79
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a non-trivial orientation - preserving isomtery of two sheet paraboloid is elliptic if

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it has 1 fixed point in H^2

80
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a non-trivial orientation - preserving isomtery of two sheet paraboloid is parabolic if it has

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1 fixed point at the absolute

81
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a non-trivial orientation - preserving isomtery of two sheet paraboloid hyperbolic if it has

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2 fixed points on the absolute