Monodromy of Fermat Surfaces and Modular Symbols for Fermat curves

Ozlem Ejder

Let $F_n$ denote the Fermat curve given by $x^n+y^n=z^n$ and let ${\mu }_n$ denote the Galois module of $n$th roots of unity. It is known that the integral homology group $H_1(F_n,\mathbb{Z})$…