Hyperbolic Plane

In mathematics, the term hyperbolic plane may refer to:

  • A two-dimensional plane in hyperbolic geometry
  • A two-dimensional plane in Minkowski space (the plane of the hyperbolic numbers)
  • A two-dimensional quadratic space with a non-singular isotropic quadratic form

Famous quotes containing the word plane:

    “with the plane nowhere and her body taking by the throat
    The undying cry of the void falling living beginning to be something
    That no one has ever been and lived through screaming without enough air”
    —James Dickey (b. 1923)