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Defining equations for cyclic prime covers of the Riemann sphere

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We determine a method to find explicit defining equations for each compact Riemann surface which admits a cyclic group of automorphisms C p of prime order p such that the quotient space has genus 0.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Buckley Center, University of Portland, 5000 North Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR, 97203-5798, USA

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Wootton, A. Defining equations for cyclic prime covers of the Riemann sphere. Isr. J. Math. 157, 103–122 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-006-0004-4

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