In Euclidean geometry, the interior angle measures of a triangle ABC, denoted as Q, B, and T at the vertices A, B, and C respectively, are related by cos A = sin B sin C / cos B cos C.
In hyperbolic geometry, the identity is cosh A = sinh B sinh C / cosh B cosh C.
Recall that cosh is the hyperbolic cosine, defined as cosh u = (e^u + e^-u) / 2. According to Theorem 4.7.7 from Venema, the existence of a similar triangle ADEF to any given triangle ABC with any given base EF is equivalent to the EPP (Euclidean Parallel Postulate). This means that in hyperbolic geometry, there does not exist a similar triangle to every given triangle with any given base.
Explain how the hyperbolic trigonometric identity above implies the stronger statement that in hyperbolic geometry, given any triangle ABC and given base segment EF, there is a D forming a similar triangle ADEF to ABC if and only if EF = BC. This says that there are no nontrivial similar triangles.