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Groups of small symmetric genus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

Coy L. May  and
Jay Zimmerman
Coy L. May
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Towson Stage UniversityBaltimore, Maryland 21204, U.S.A.
Jay Zimmerman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Towson Stage UniversityBaltimore, Maryland 21204, U.S.A.
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Group actions on compact surfaces have received considerable attention during the past century. The surface has often carried an analytic structure and been considered a Riemann surface or, equivalently, a complex algebraic curve.

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Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 115 - 129
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1995

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