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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ib Paper 1 2H Solution by
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In the upper half-plane model the hyperbolic metric isThe length of a differentiable curve is . The area element is the square root of the metric determinant times , so the hyperbolic area of a measurable region is .
The Gauss-Bonnet theorem for a geodesic hyperbolic triangle of angles in curvature gives area ; an ideal vertex has angle zero. The horizontal edge in the present region is not a geodesic, so it is simpler to use the area element directly:The open boundary does not affect the integral because its area is zero.
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