There is (almost) no information available on the literature about complex algebraic surfaces of gen
There is (almost) no information available on the literature about complex algebraic surfaces of general type with geometric genus $p_g=0,$ self-intersection of the canonical divisor $K^2=3$ and with $5$-torsion. If $S$ is a quintic surface in $\mathbb P^3$ having $15$ $3$-divisible ordinary cusps as only singularities, then there is a Galois triple cover $\phi:X\to S$ branched only at the cusps such that $X$ is regular, $p_g(X)=4,$ $K_X^2=15$ and $\phi$ is the canonical map of $X$. We use computer algebra to search for such quintics having a free action of $\mathbb Z_5$, so that $X/{\mathbb Z_5}$ is a smooth minimal surface of general type with $p_g=0$ and $K^2=3$. We find two different examples, one of them is the Van der Geer-Zagier's quintic, the other is new.

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Anfiteatro 0.03

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Carlos Rito

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Geometry and Topology