Poincaré disk
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Etymology edit
After Henri Poincaré. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
Poincaré disk (plural Poincaré disks)
- The hyperbolic plane, viewed as a disk so that Euclidean circles and lines Euclidean-perpendicular to the disk's surface are hyperbolic lines.
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hyperbolic plane
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Further reading edit
- Poincaré disk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia