The eventual rotation-quasimorphism formula for scl on a punctured torus

Let F2F_2 be the free group on generators a,ba,b, and let w[F2,F2]w\in [F_2,F_2] be arbitrary. Let SS be a hyperbolic once-punctured torus with π1(S)F2\pi_1(S)\cong F_2, and let rotS\operatorname{rot}_S be the associated rotation quasimorphism. Eventual rotation-quasimorphism conjecture. For sufficiently large integers nn, there is an equality

scl(w[a,b]n)=rotS(w[a,b]n)2.\operatorname{scl}(w[a,b]^n)=\frac{\operatorname{rot}_S(w[a,b]^n)}{2}.

Computer experiments suggest that the corresponding geodesic rationally bounds an immersed surface for sufficiently large nn, but a general argument is lacking; the conjecture gives a precise formula for stable commutator length in this family.

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Danny Calegari, “Faces of the scl norm ball”, arXiv:0807.0395 (2009).

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