Fermat cubic

In geometry, the Fermat cubic, named after Pierre de Fermat, is a surface defined by

x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = 1. \

Methods of algebraic geometry provide the following parameterization of Fermat's cubic:

x(s,t) = {3 t - {1\over 3} (s^2 + s t + t^2)^2 \over t (s^2 + s t + t^2) - 3}

y(s,t) = {3 s + 3 t + {1\over 3} (s^2 + s t + t^2)^2 \over t (s^2 + s t + t^2) - 3}

z(s,t) = {-3 - (s^2 + s t + t^2) (s + t) \over t (s^2 + s t + t^2) - 3}.

In projective space the Fermat cubic is given by

w^3+x^3+y^3+z^3=0.

The 27 lines lying on the Fermat cubic are easy to describe explicitly: they are the 9 lines of the form (w : aw : y : by) where a and b are fixed numbers with cube −1, and their 18 conjugates under permutations of coordinates.

Real points of Fermat cubic surface.

References

Ness, Linda (1978), "Curvature on the Fermat cubic", Duke Mathematical Journal 45 (4): 797–807, doi:10.1215/s0012-7094-78-04537-4, ISSN 0012-7094, MR 518106
Elkies, Noam. "Complete cubic parameterization of the Fermat cubic surface".

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