A geometria hiperbólica na arte de Escher

Abstract

This work approaches the hyperbolic geometry present behind the works Circular Limits I, III and IV elaborated by the mathematician Maurits Corneles Escher. In these works we Ąnd elements such as equidistant curves and regular hyperbolic tessellations associated with triangular groups. The objective of this work is to determine, using the Poincaré theorem, convex fundamental polygons and to construct compact surfaces by the quotient ∆/Γ, where ∆ is the Poincaré disk and Γ is a discrete group generated by the isometries of ∆ that identify the sides of the polygon.