 Poincare ball model (source code)

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= Poincare ball model
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The unit ball in Euclidean space with the displayed <Riemannian metric> models <hyperbolic space> of curvature minus one. Its ideal boundary is the unit sphere, and its geodesics are diameters or circle arcs orthogonal to that sphere. The metric is invariant under the conformal ball automorphisms.

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