dessin d'enfant
English
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The dessin d'enfant arising from the rational function f = −(x − 1)3(x − 9)/64x. Not to scale.
Etymology
Borrowed from French dessin d'enfant (“child's drawing”).
Noun
dessin d'enfant (plural dessins d'enfant)
- (mathematics) A type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.
Synonyms
- dessin