The interval conjecture for stable commutator length in a rank-two free group
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.
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Primary source
Danny Calegari and Alden Walker, “Isometric endomorphisms of free groups”, arXiv:1101.4055 (2011).
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