Introduction to Compact Riemann Surfaces and Dessins d'Enfants (English, Ernesto Girondo | Gabino Gonzalez-Diez)

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Few books on the subject of Riemann surfaces cover the relatively modern theory of dessins d'enfants (children's drawings), which was launched by Grothendieck in the 1980s and is now an active field of research. In this book, the authors begin with an elementary account of the theory of compact Riemann surfaces viewed as algebraic curves and as quotients of the hyperbolic plane by the action of Fuchsian groups of finite type. They then use this k…

ISBN: 9780521519632