 Isometry-invariant waist geodesic of the unit one-sheet hyperboloid (source code)

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= Isometry-invariant waist geodesic of the unit one-sheet hyperboloid

The waist circle $z=0$ is a geodesic. Its Gaussian curvature is $-1$, whereas
$$
K(z)=-\frac1{(1+2z^2)^2}>-1
$$
off the waist. Since isometries preserve Gaussian curvature, every isometry preserves this circle setwise.

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