Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

klein quartic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: klein quar-tic
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Klein quartics (plural)

Questions

What does klein quartic mean?: 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.
Where does klein quartic come from?: Named after German mathematician Felix Klein, who described it in 1878.

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