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On the Volume of a Symmetric Tetrahedron in Hyperbolic and Spherical Spaces

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We obtain some elementary formulas for the volume of a symmetric tetrahedron in hyperbolic and spherical spaces.

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  1. Novosibirsk State University, Russia

    D. A. Derevnin & M. G. Pashkevich

  2. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk

    A. D. Mednykh

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Derevnin, D.A., Mednykh, A.D. & Pashkevich, M.G. On the Volume of a Symmetric Tetrahedron in Hyperbolic and Spherical Spaces. Siberian Mathematical Journal 45, 840–848 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SIMJ.0000042473.53530.56

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