 Hyperbolic polygon area (source code)

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= Hyperbolic polygon area

For a geodesic hyperbolic $n$-gon of curvature $-1$ with interior angles $\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_n$, triangulation or the Gauss--Bonnet theorem gives
$$
\operatorname{area}=(n-2)\pi-\sum_{j=1}^n\alpha_j.
$$

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