If
u
and
z
are variables connected by an algebraic equation, they are, in general, multiform functions of each other; the multiformity can be represented by a Riemann surface, to each point of which corresponds a pair of values of
u
and
z
. Poincaré and Klein have proved that a variable
t
exists, of which
u
and
z
are uniform automorphic functions; the existence-theorem, however, does not connect
t
analytically with
u
and
z
. When the genus (
genre, Geschlecht
) of the algebraic relation is zero oi unity,
t
can be found by known methods; the automorphic functions required are rational functions, and doubly periodic functions, in the two case respectively.