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Fall 2007 Length minimizing paths in the hyperbolic plane: proof via paired subcalibrations
Heather Helmandollar, Keith Penrod
Illinois J. Math. 51(3): 723-729 (Fall 2007). DOI: 10.1215/ijm/1258131099

Abstract

Minimization proofs using paired calibrations have in the past been done with vector fields of divergence zero. We generalize this method to find the shortest network connecting four points in the hyperbolic plane.

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Heather Helmandollar. Keith Penrod. "Length minimizing paths in the hyperbolic plane: proof via paired subcalibrations." Illinois J. Math. 51 (3) 723 - 729, Fall 2007. https://doi.org/10.1215/ijm/1258131099

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Published: Fall 2007
First available in Project Euclid: 13 November 2009

zbMATH: 1146.51014
MathSciNet: MR2379719
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1215/ijm/1258131099

Subjects:
Primary: 51M10
Secondary: 49Q10

Rights: Copyright © 2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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