In this paper we prove a
Schläfli differential formula for the volume of simplices in central unit hyperquadrics
of semi-Euclidean space ℝqn+1. Then we apply this result to obtain Gauss-Bonnet
formulas for simplices with riemannian faces in the de Sitter sphere, and
to generalize a formula of L. Santaló relating the volume of a hyperbolic
simplex with the measure of the set of hyperbolic hyperplanes intersecting
it.