[My answer to the "Favorite Equations" question][1] was the Pythagorean Theorem for Right-Corner Tetrahedra: > Euclidean: $A^2+B^2+C^2=D^2$<br/><br/> > Hyperbolic: $\cos\frac{A}{2}\cos\frac{B}{2}\cos\frac{C}{2}−\sin\frac{A}{2}\sin\frac{B}{2}\sin\frac{C}{2}=\cos\frac{D}{2}$<br/><br/> > Spherical: $\cos\frac{A}{2}\cos\frac{B}{2}\cos\frac{C}{2}+\sin\frac{A}{2}\sin\frac{B}{2}\sin\frac{C}{2}=\cos\frac{D}{2}$ where A, B, C are the areas of the "leg-faces" and D is the area of the "hypotenuse-face". For right-corner simplices in higher Euclidean dimensions, we have that the sum of the squares of the content of leg-simplices equals the square of the content of the hypotenuse-simplex. I mentioned not knowing the non-Euclidean counterparts of the generalization. After a couple of days of toying, I find these counterparts elusive. (It would probably help if I were better-versed in differential geometry.) So, I turn to MO to ask: > What are the non-Euclidean analogues in higher dimensions? <br /> > (I'm particularly interested in the case relating volumes in a hyperbolic 4-simplex.) While the Pythagorean Theorems for Euclidean Simplices progress in a straightforward manner (just add another leg-content-square), the Pythagorean Theorem for Hyperbolic Tetrahedra already diverges somewhat dramatically from its 2-dimensional counterpart, $\cosh a \cosh b = \cosh c$. So, it's not even clear to me what form the relations would take in general. <b>Edit to add a couple of references</b><br /> ["The Laws of Cosines for Non-Euclidean Tetrahedra" (PDF)][2] (by me) derives a Law of Cosines for which each non-Euclidean Pythagorean Theorem is a special case. I do not know if these results exist elsewhere in the literature. (BTW: There's a lot of unnecessary equation manipulation shown; I was using this as an opportunity to learn LaTeX. :) A passage in above jumps into a discussion of "pseudofaces" by making passing reference to the Euclidean case. You can read about Euclidean pseudofaces and how I find them useful here:<br /> ["Heron-like Results for [Euclidean] Tetrahedral Volume"][3] (by me). [1]: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/3134/whats-your-favorite-equation-formula-identity-or-inequality/32018#32018 [2]: http://daylateanddollarshort.com/math/pdfs/loc4net.pdf [3]: http://daylateanddollarshort.com/math/pdfs/heron4tet.pdf