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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 1 2E Solution by
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After the sides are identified in pairs, the polygonal-schema Euler count gives one face, edges and some number of vertices. The Euler characteristic of a closed orientable genus- surface is , so
For genus two, take a regular octagon in the Poincare disc model and identify each side with its opposite side, with the orientation reversed along the boundary. One cyclic labelling isThe quotient has , , and , hence Euler characteristic and genus two. All eight vertices become one point, so smoothness requires their angles to sum to . Each interior angle is consequentlyEquivalently, the hyperbolic polygon area formula shows that the regular hyperbolic octagon fundamental polygon has areaas required by the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for a genus-two surface of curvature .
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