volume of a spherical sector of a 4-sphere

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How does one calculate the volume of a spherical sector of a 4-sphere?

In 3-dimensions, this is $V=\frac{2 \pi r^2 h}{3}$, where $h$ denotes the height of the cap.

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Li, Shengqiao. "Concise formulas for the area and volume of a hyperspherical cap." Asian Journal of Mathematics and Statistics 4.1 (2011): 66-70. Journal link.

reaches an equation for the volume of a hyperspherical cap in $\mathbb{R}^2$:


         
See the paper to interpret the notation.