Considering the action of SL(2, R) on the upper half-plane model H2 of the hyperbolic plane by Möbius transformations, the affine Klein quartic can be realized as the quotient Γ(7)\H2. (Here Γ(7) is the congruence subgroup of SL(2, Z) consisting of matrices that are congruent to the identity matrix when all entries are taken modulo 7.)
Fundamental domain and pants decomposition
3-dimensional models https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/KleinDualInsideOutDivided.gif/330px-KleinDualInsideOutDivided.gif An animation by Greg Egan showing an embedding of Klein’s Quartic Curve in three dimensions, starting in a form that has the symmetries of a tetrahedron, and turning inside out to demonstrate a further symmetry.
Dessin d'enfants The dessin d'enfant on the Klein quartic associated with the quotient map by its automorphism group (with quotient the Riemann sphere) is precisely the 1-skeleton of the order-3 heptagonal tiling.[10] That is, the quotient map is ramified over the points 0, 1728, and ∞; dividing by 1728 yields a Belyi function (ramified at 0, 1, and ∞), where the 56 vertices (black points in dessin) lie over 0, the midpoints of the 84 edges (white points in dessin) lie over 1, and the centers of the 24 heptagons lie over infinity. The resulting dessin is a "platonic" dessin, meaning edge-transitive and "clean" (each white point has valence 2).
