Hurwitz surface
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Adolf Hurwitz.
Noun[edit]
Hurwitz surface (plural Hurwitz surfaces)
- (geometry) A compact Riemann surface with precisely 84(g − 1) automorphisms, where g is the genus of the surface. This number is maximal by virtue of Hurwitz's theorem on automorphisms.