Klein quartic

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The Klein quartic is a highly symmetric algebraic curve of genus 3 that plays a central role in complex geometry, group theory, and the study of Riemann surfaces.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
modular curve X(7) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hurwitz surface
algebraic curve
compact Riemann surface
complex algebraic curve
projective algebraic curve
ambientSpace complex projective plane P^2(C)
associatedCayleyGraph Cayley graph of PSL(2,7)
automorphismGroup PSL(2,7)
projective special linear group of 2x2 matrices over field with 7 elements
automorphismGroupOrder 168
definedOver algebraic numbers
complex numbers
rational numbers
degree 4
edgesInMinimalTriangulation 84
equation x^3 y + y^3 z + z^3 x = 0
EulerCharacteristic -4
facesInMinimalTriangulation 56
FuchsianGroupSignature (2,3,7)
genus 3
hasBelyiMap yes
hasHyperbolicArea
hasRealizationAs quotient of upper half-plane by (2,3,7) triangle group
hasRealModel highly symmetric genus-3 surface embedded in R^3
hasSpecialRoleIn algebraic geometry
complex geometry
group theory
theory of Riemann surfaces
hasSymmetryGroupOrder 168
hasTessellation regular {3,7} triangulation
hasWeierstrassPoints 24
HurwitzBoundForGenus3 168
HurwitzBoundValue 84(g-1)
isBelyiCurve yes
isIsomorphicTo modular curve X(7) over C
isQuotientOf hyperbolic plane by a Fuchsian group
isRegularMap yes
maximalAutomorphismsForGenus yes
moduliSpacePoint Teichmüller curve
namedAfter Felix Klein
relatedTo Fano plane
finite projective plane of order 2
Klein quartic self-linksurface differs
surface form: modular curve X(7)
relatedToGroupTheory simple group of order 168
relatedToTriangleGroup (2,3,7) triangle group
satisfiesHurwitzBound yes
uniformizedBy hyperbolic plane
verticesInMinimalTriangulation 24
yearIntroduced 1879

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Felix Klein notableWork Klein quartic
Klein quartic relatedTo Klein quartic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: modular curve X(7)