Belyi map

introduction

• Belyi's theorem on algebraic curves
  
  • any non-singular algebraic curve C, defined by algebraic number coefficients, represents a compact Riemann surface which is a ramified covering of the Riemann sphere, ramified at three points $\{0,1,\infty\}$ only.
• Belyi map gives rise to a projective curve

 

 

Belyi maps of degree 2

• Belyi map $f:\mathbb{P}^1\to \mathbb{P}^1$ defined by $z\mapsto z^2$

 

 

Grobner techniques

• start with three permutations $(12), (23), (132)$. They generate $S_3$.
• Riemann-Hurwitz formula gives the genus $g=1-3+(1+1+2)/2=0$

 

 

complex analytic method

• using modular forms

 

 

 

 

history

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related items

• Dessin d'enfant

 

expositions

• Magot, Nicolas, and Alexander Zvonkin. 2000. “Belyi Functions for Archimedean Solids.” Discrete Mathematics 217 (1–3) (April 28): 249–271. doi:10.1016/S0012-365X(99)00266-6.

encyclopedia

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessin_d%27enfant