Troubleshooting N-Spherical Cap Area Formula

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I am trying to understand N-spherical cap area formula (surface area of blue part), but it seems to give wrong answers.
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for 1 dimensional cap obviously ## \frac{l_{cap}}{l_{sphere}}=\frac{l_{arc}}{l_{circle}}=\frac{r*θ}{r*2π}=\frac{θ}{2π} ##

But according to wikipedia formula ##\frac{l_{cap}}{l_{sphere}}=\frac{I(\frac{(2r-h)h}{r^2},\frac{n}{2},\frac{1}{2})}{2}##
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cap#Hyperspherical_cap

since ##h=r(1-cos(θ))##
## I(a,b,c)=\int_0^a (dx*x^{b-1}*(1-x)^{c-1})## (incomplete beta function)
and ## n=1##

##\frac{l_{cap}}{l_{sphere}}=\int_0^{sin^2(θ)} (\frac{dx}{\sqrt{x-x^2}})/2##

But
##\int_0^{sin^2(θ)} (\frac{dx}{\sqrt{x-x^2}})≠\frac{θ}{2π}##
Where is mistake?
 
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olgerm said:
for 1 dimensional cap obviously lcaplsphere=larclcircle=rθr∗2π=θ2πlcaplsphere=larclcircle=r∗θr∗2π=θ2π \frac{l_{cap}}{l_{sphere}}=\frac{l_{arc}}{l_{circle}}=\frac{r*θ}{r*2π}=\frac{θ}{2π}
Look at your figure. You have an angle θ on both sides of h. Therefore, the ratio is θ/π. Sanity check: If θ=π/2, the blue part is half the circle - which agrees with my revised expression.
 
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Svein said:
Look at your figure. You have an angle θ on both sides of h. Therefore, the ratio is θ/π. Sanity check: If θ=π/2, the blue part is half the circle - which agrees with my revised expression.
You are right ,but still
##\int_0^{sin^2(θ)} (\frac{dx}{\sqrt{x-x^2}})/2≠\frac{θ}{π}##
 
So can anybody derive 1- or 2-dimensional spherical cap formula from N-spherical cap formula?
 
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