I was calculating the geodesic lines on Poincare half plane but I found I somehow missed a parameter. It would be really helpful if someone could help me find out where my mistake is.
My calculation is the following:
Let ds2=a2y2(dx2+dy2), then we could calculate the nonvanishing Christoffel symbols which are Γxxy=Γxyx=−1y,Γyxx=1y,Γyyy=−1y. From these and geodesic equations, we have ¨x−y−1˙x˙y=0 ¨y+y−1˙x2=0 ¨y−y−1˙y2=0
From the last equation, it's straightforward that y=Ceωλ, where C and λ are integral constants. Then substitute the derivative of y into the first equation, we have, ¨x−ω˙x=0 Therefore we have x=Deωλ+x0 where D,x0 are integral constants. However, by the second equation, we have, assuming C is nonzero, C2+D2=0 And this leads to a weird result which is (x−x0)2+y2=0 But the actual result should be (x−x0)2+y2=l2, where l is another constant.
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