Hyperbolic Geometry from a Local Viewpoint

Written for graduate students, this book presents topics in 2-dimensional hyperbolic geometry.\n\nThe authors begin with rigid motions in the plane which are used as motivation for a full development of hyperbolic geometry in the unit disk. The approach is to define metrics from an infinitesimal point of view; first the density is defined and then the metric via integration. The study of hyperbolic geometry in arbitrary domains requires the concepts of surfaces and covering spaces as well as uniformization and Fuchsian groups. These ideas are developed in the context of what is used later. The authors then provide a detailed discussion of hyperbolic geometry for arbitrary plane domains. New material on hyperbolic and hyperbolic-like metrics is presented. These are generalizations of the Kobayashi and Caratheodory metrics for plane domains. The book concludes with applications to holomorphic dynamics including new results and accessible open problems. Additional ISBNs 0521863600, 051127159X, 052168224X, 9780521863605, 9780511271595, 9780521682244Hyperbolic Geometry from a Local Viewpoint 1st Edition is written by Linda Keen; Nikola Lakic and published by Cambridge University Press. ISBNs for Hyperbolic Geometry from a Local Viewpoint are 9780511271595, 051127159X and the print ISBNs are 9780521863605, 0521863600. Additional ISBNs include 0521863600, 051127159X, 052168224X, 9780521863605, 9780511271595, 9780521682244.