The interval conjecture for stable commutator length in a rank-two free group
Let be the free group of rank , and let denote the space of real homologically trivial -boundaries in . An integral chain is an integral element of this space. The stable commutator length of such a chain is denoted by .
Interval conjecture. The set of values
contains every rational number in the interval .
The conjecture is motivated by a histogram of stable commutator lengths obtained from 7500 random realizations associated to a four-punctured sphere. It predicts that all rational values in the indicated interval occur, but the supplied text gives no resolution.
References
Primary source
Danny Calegari and Alden Walker, “Isometric endomorphisms of free groups”, arXiv:1101.4055 (2011).
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