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We describe the action of the full automorphisms group on the Fermat curve of degree N. For N prime, we obtain the group algebra decomposition of the corresponding Jacobian variety.
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Barraza, P., Rojas, A.M. The group algebra decomposition of Fermat curves of prime degree. Arch. Math. 104, 145–155 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-015-0724-y
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