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We characterize the sextic trefoil among plane curves of low degree: first as a complex curve with compact, flat geometry; and then as a curve with meromorphic arc length parameterization.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106-7058, USA

    Joel C. Langer & David A. Singer

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Langer, J.C., Singer, D.A. Flat Curves. Mediterr. J. Math. 14, 236 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-017-1037-0

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