Origamis associated to minimally intersecting filling pairs

DOI10.2140/PJM.2022.317.1arXiv2108.10268MaRDI QIDQ6375853FDOQ6375853

Tarik Aougab, W. Menasco, Mark Nieland

Publication date: 23 August 2021

Abstract: Let $S_g$ denote the closed orientable surface of genus $g$. In joint work with Huang, the first author constructed exponentially-many (in $g$) mapping class group orbits of pairs of simple closed curves whose complement is a single topological disk. Using different techniques, we improve on this result by constructing factorially-many (again in $g$) such orbits. These new orbits are chosen so that the absolute value of the algebraic intersection number is equal to the geometric intersection number, implying that each pair naturally gives rise to an origami. We collect some rudimentary experimental data on the corresponding $SL(2,mathbbZ)$-orbits and suggest further study and conjectures.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

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