The twisted Teichmüller curve uniqueness conjecture

Let KK be the real quadratic field associated with the fundamental discriminant DD, and let d4aaDd4aa_D be its ring of integers. A matrix MM has relative prime entries when its entries generate the unit ideal. A twisted Teichmüller curve is the curve defined by such a matrix, and its determinant is d4det(M)d4\det(M).

Twisted Teichmüller curve uniqueness conjecture. Suppose D5(mod8)D\equiv 5\pmod 8 is a fundamental discriminant with narrow class number hD+=1h_D^+=1. For every n\ind4aaDn\ind4aa_D, all matrices

MGL2+(K)Mat2×2(d4aaD)M\in\operatorname{GL}_2^+(K)\cap\operatorname{Mat}^{2\times 2}(d4aa_D)

of determinant nn with relative prime entries define the same twisted Teichmüller curve; equivalently, there is exactly one twisted Teichmüller curve of determinant nn.

The claim would extend the proved uniqueness result for prime determinants to arbitrary determinants. The paper reports strong numerical evidence, including determinants whose prime divisors have all possible splitting behaviors, but does not prove the assertion in general.

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Christian Weiß, “Twisted Teichmüller curves”, arXiv:1208.1895 (2013).

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