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All five problems below are about models of hyperbolic geometry (HG). In the first two tasks, we use Poincar´e’s upper half plane (PÖH). All points have the y-coordinate> 0. The geodesy between two points A and B is the unique circular arc that passes through the two points and where the center of the circle lies on the x-axis. the x-axis should be perceived as ∞ (infinity).

The three concluding tasks are about the model of HG called Poincar´es circle (PC). See the link: Geodeters in P oincar´es circle model on Moodle.

http://homepage.lnu.se/staff/hfrmsi/1ma113/lines_p…

I refer to the article in the text below. All points lie inside a circle, c, with radius r and center O. The geodesy between two points A and B is the unique arc of a circle that passes through the two points and intersects c at right angles. The stripe of c should be perceived as ∞ (infinity). Learn to invert a point A in a circle (construction 1.2). The relationship between a point A and its inverted point A ^ −1 is that OA · OA^ − 1 = r ^ 2 where r denotes the radius of the circle. Note that all geodets through O are diameters.

  1. Construct two geodeters, l1 and l2, in PÖH that do not intersect. Then draw a geodet m that intersects both l1 and l2 and where the alternate angles are different. As before, the alternate angles are on each side of m, but this time it is angles between tangents at the intersection points. You have thus shown that Euclid’s 29th theorem does not apply in HG. This is where he got use of his fifth axiom that does not apply in HG. Theorem 27, on the other hand, also applies in HG. It says that if the alternate angles are equal, then the two geodeters cannot intersect each other.
  2. In this problem you need the equation of the circle. Given the surveyor, m, which passes through (- √ 1 2, √ 1 2) and (√ 1 2, √ 1 2) in PÖH and a point A = (0, 2). Find the geode (circular arc), n, through A that meets (tangents) m on the positive x-axis (i.e. the infinity in the model). The angle between the y-axis and the key to n at point A is called the parallel angle. For smaller angles, cut geodeters through the A geodesy m. Calculate the parallel angle.
  3. Show that a circle c1 passing through point A and its inverted point B is orthogonal to circle c with the radius OP. See figure. The fact that two circles are orthogonal to each other means that the angle between the keys at the point of intersection is 90 degrees. We need this result in the next task.

Point B is inverse to point A in the circle C. Are the triangles OBP and OPA uniform? Are the angles OBP and APO equal? If the circle C1 is orthogonal to C, it means that the angle O1PO is right.

  1. Given two points A and B in PC, find the geodetic through the two points (construction 2.1). Explain your design!
  2. Construct a triangle ABC in PC with the angles π / 4, π / 4 and π / 4. Select the center of the circle c as one of the corners (A) so that two surveyors go along diameters. Thus, the third geodetic remains, which must be an arc of a circle. Let the corner B lie on the x-axis with the coordinate b. We set r = 1 and then the inverted point has x = 1 / b. The arc of the circle must therefore intersect the two diameters at an angle √ π / 4. Find an equation for b and solve it. That tan π / 8 = 2 – 1 can be used. Tip: Focus on the center of the desired arc. you get the x-coordinate from the requirement that the circle should be orthogonal to c. The y-coordinate you get from the requirement that the circle should go through B and the angle between the tangent and the x-axis should be π / 4 there. Since the angle should be π / 4 even at C, we have a line of symmetry. The desired triangle is an isosceles hyperbolic triangle with an angle sum of 3π / 4.

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Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.

God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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