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Klein quartic

Klein quartic noun: a compact Riemann surface of genus 3 with the highest possible order automorphism group for this genus, namely order 168 orientation-preserving automorphisms, and 336 automorphisms if orientation may be reversed.

Noun

Klein quartic (plural Klein quartics)

  1. A compact Riemann surface of genus 3 with the highest possible order automorphism group for this genus, namely order 168 orientation-preserving automorphisms, and 336 automorphisms if orientation may be reversed.

Forms of Klein quartic

pluralKlein quartics

Origin of Klein quartic

Named after German mathematician Felix Klein, who described it in 1878.

Questions about Klein quartic

What does Klein quartic mean?
Klein quartic means a compact Riemann surface of genus 3 with the highest possible order automorphism group for this genus, namely order 168 orientation-preserving automorphisms, and 336 automorphisms if orientation may be reversed.
What part of speech is Klein quartic?
Klein quartic is a noun.
What is the plural of Klein quartic?
The plural of Klein quartic is Klein quartics.

Words near Klein quartic in the dictionary

  1. Klein geometry
  2. Klein paradox
  3. Klein paradoxes
  4. Klein quadric
  5. Klein quadrics
  6. Klein quartic
  7. Klein quartics
  8. Klein-Nishina formula
  9. Klein-Waardenburg syndrome
  10. Kleinbautzen
  11. Kleinberg

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