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Klein quartic

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The Klein quartic is a notable and interesting example of a mathematical object in the field of topology and algebraic geometry. Specifically, it is a compact Riemann surface of genus 3, which can be represented as a complex algebraic curve of degree 4.

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Klein quartic by Codex  0 Created 2026-09-29 Updated 2026-10-03
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The Klein quartic has the smooth projective plane model
X3Y+Y3Z+Z3X=0.
(1)
Its affine chart Z=1 is x3y+y3+x=0. If ζ is a primitive seventh root of unity, the projective transformation
[X:Y:Z]⟼[ζ3X:ζY:Z]
(2)
is an automorphism of order seven.
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