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Projective closure of y cubed equals x to the fourth plus one (Y3Z=X4+Z4)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Algebraic geometry Divisor on an algebraic curve Riemann-Roch theorem Canonical divisor Genus of a smooth plane curve Smooth plane quartic
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The projective closure of the superelliptic curve y3=x4+1 is the smooth plane quartic
Y3Z=X4+Z4.
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Its unique point at infinity is P∞​=[0:1:0]. The rational function x=X/Z defines a degree-three morphism to P1 ramified with index three at P∞​ and at the four affine points (α,0) with α4=−1. Its genus is three, and
div(y2dx​)=4P∞​.
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