The unbounded-face conjecture for Dirichlet domains in the bidisk

Let Γ\Gamma act on H2×H2H^{2}\times H^{2}, and let γ=(g1,g2)Γ\gamma=(g_1,g_2)\in\Gamma with both g1g_1 and g2g_2 hyperbolic. A Dirichlet domain for the cyclic action generated by γ\gamma is a domain bounded by equidistant hypersurfaces, called faces.

Unbounded-face conjecture. Every γ=(g1,g2)\gamma=(g_1,g_2) where both gig_i's are hyperbolic admits a Dirichlet domain with more than two faces.

The preceding theorem shows that when the base point lies on the invariant flat of γ\gamma, the associated Dirichlet domain is two-faced. The claim concerns the existence of a Dirichlet domain with more than two faces, suggested by examples in which the base point does not lie on the invariant flat; the source does not establish whether this always occurs.

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Virginie Charette, Todd A. Drumm and Rosemonde Lareau-Dussault, “Equidistant hypersurfaces of the bidisk”, arXiv:1206.1342 (2012).

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