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Triangle Groups and Maps

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We develop a Belyi type theory that applies to Klein surfaces, i.e. (possibly non-orientable) surfaces with boundary which carry a dianalytic structure. In particular we extend Belyi’s famous theorem from Riemann surfaces to Klein surfaces.

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Singerman, D. (2016). Triangle Groups and Maps. In: Širáň, J., Jajcay, R. (eds) Symmetries in Graphs, Maps, and Polytopes. SIGMAP 2014. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 159. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30451-9_16

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