Algebraic k-systems of curves

Geometriae Dedicata - Tập 209 - Trang 125-134 - 2020
Charles Daly1, Jonah Gaster2, Max Lahn3, Aisha Mechery4, Simran Nayak5
1Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
2Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA
3Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
4Department of Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, USA
5Department of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, USA

Tóm tắt

A collection $$ \Delta $$ of simple closed curves on an orientable surface is an algebraic k-system if the algebraic intersection number $$ \langle \alpha , \beta \rangle $$ is equal to k in absolute value for every $$ \alpha , \beta \in \Delta $$ . Generalizing a theorem of Malestein et al. (Geom Dedicata 168(1):221–233, 2014. doi:10.1007/s10711-012-9827-9) we compute that the maximum size of an algebraic k-system of curves on a surface of genus g is $$2g+1$$ when $$g\ge 3$$ or k is odd, and 2g otherwise. To illustrate the tightness in our assumptions, we present a construction of curves pairwise geometrically intersecting twice whose size grows as $$g^2$$ .

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