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curve-symmetry-lean closes R01: the quartic's genus three, from an explicit basis of differentials
Roadmap item R01 in curve-symmetry-lean
is closed: the quartic Re(z⁴) = 1 is now proved to have genus three, and the
proof reaches it from an explicit basis of holomorphic differentials rather than
from Riemann–Hurwitz. Three steps, each a clean check.sh run against
mathlib-v4.34.0-reuse: first the chart at infinity for y⁴ = 2 − x⁴, where
f = 2 − x⁴ and g = 2s⁴ − 1 are squarefree of degree four so R01c-2 applies to
both Kummer fields, and F·dx is regular at the place pulled back from (0, ζ)
with ζ⁴ = −1 exactly when φ(F)/s² lies in the local ring
(fdc7192); then the
isotypic split of the holomorphic differentials under y ↦ i·y, which recovers
each aⱼ(x)·yʲ·dx/y³ from F, σF, σ²F, σ³F with coefficients ±1, ±i
(2024297); then the
degree bound deg aⱼ + j <= 1 at infinity, leaving dx/y³, x·dx/y³ and dx/y²
to span the holomorphic space and forcing genus three
(b8c207e). The same
commit settles Remark 5 of the note as printed — Re(z⁴) = 1 has four rotations
and genus three, every curve of the m = 2 family has genus two, and no direct or
opposite similarity carries the quartic onto one of them — and the axiom audit
climbed 1,991 → 2,034 → 2,058 across the three steps. The note and its Lean port
went public in the same week, with the launch described
here.