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REFERENCE
DATA
FOR ENGINEERS
tanh(x
*
y)
=
(tanhx
2
tanhy)/(l
2
tanhx tanhy)
If y
=
gdx (guderrnannian of
x)
is defined by
x
=
log, tan(fa
+
4y)
then
sinhx
=
tany
coshx
=
secy
tanhx
=
siny
tanh(x/2)
=
tan(
y/2)
HYPERBOLIC TRIGONOMETRY
Hyperbolic (or pseudospherical) trigonometry ap-
plies to triangles drawn in the hyperbolic type of
non-Euclidean space. Reflection charts, used in trans-
mission-line theory and waveguide analysis, are models
of this hyperbolic space.*
Conformal Model
The space is limited to the inside of a unit circle,
I?.
Geodesics (or “straight lines” for the model) are arcs
of circle orthogonal to
r
as shown in Fig.
6.
The
hyperbolic distance between two points
A
and
B
is
defined by
[AB]
=
log,[(BI/BJ):(AI/AJ)]
where
I
and
J
are the intersections with
r
of geodesic
AB. The distance [AB] is expressed in nepers. For
engineering purposes, a unit corresponding to the
decibel and equal to
U8.686
neper is sometimes used.
As this model is conformal, the angle between two
lines is the ordinary angle between the tangents at their
common point.
*
G.
A.
Deschamps,
Hyperbolic Protractor for Microwave
Impedance Measurements and Other Purposes.
New
York:
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp.,
1953.
J
Projective Model
The space is again composed of the points inside a
circle,
I?.
Geodesics
are
straight-line segments limited
to the inside of
r
(JI
in Fig.
7).
The hyperbolic distance AB is defined by
<AB>
=
ilog,[(BI/BJ):(AI/AJ)]
and can be measured directly by means of a hyperbolic
protractor. The angles for this model do not appear in
true size except when at the center of
r.
An angle such
as BAC, when it is considered in reference to the
projective model, will be called an
elliptic
angle. It can
be evaluated, as shown in Fig.
8,
by projecting B and
C
through the hyperbolic midpoint of OA onto
B
’
and
C
’
on circle
r,
then measuring
B’OC‘
as in Euclidean
geometry.
The two models in Fig.
9
drawn inside the same
circle
l7
can be set into a distance-preserving correspon-
dence by the transformation:
%(M)
=
M’
defined by
[OM]
=
<OM’>
or in terms of ordinary distances
OM’
=
20M/(1
+
OM2)
The hyperbolic distance to the center
0
being denoted
by
OM
=
tanh(u/2)
and
OM’
=
tanhu
The points on
r
are at an infinite distance from any
point inside
r.
In the following equations, the sides
are
expressed in
nepers, the angles in radians. The three points
A,B,C
are assumed to be inside circle
r.
Fig.
6.
Conformal model.
Fig.
7.
Projective model.