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[parent] Lambert quadrilateral (Definition)

In hyperbolic geometry, a Lambert quadrilateral is a quadrilateral with exactly three right angles. Since the angle sum of a triangle in hyperbolic geometry is strictly less than $ \pi$ radians, the angle sum of a quadrilateral in hyperbolic geometry is strictly less than $ 2\pi$ radians. Thus, in any Lambert quadrilateral, the angle that is not a right angle must be acute.

The discovery of Lambert quadrilaterals is attributed to Johann Lambert.

Both pairs of opposite sides of a Lambert quadrilateral are disjointly parallel since, in both cases, they have a common perpendicular. Therefore, Lambert quadrilaterals are parallelograms. Note also that Lambert quadrilaterals are right trapezoids.

Below are some examples of Lambert quadrilaterals in various models. In each example, the Lambert quadrilateral is labelled as $ ABCD$.



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See Also: right trapezoid

Other names:  Lambert's quadrilateral

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Cross-references: upper half plane model, Poincaré disc model, angle measures, acute angles, poles, lines, Beltrami-Klein model, right trapezoids, parallelograms, perpendicular, disjointly parallel, opposite sides, acute, angle, radians, strictly, triangle, angle sum, right angles, quadrilateral, hyperbolic geometry
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AMS MSC51-00 (Geometry :: General reference works )
 51M10 (Geometry :: Real and complex geometry :: Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries and generalizations)

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