Odd-genus nonorientable normalized liminf conjecture

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Let NgN_g be the closed nonorientable surface of genus gg, and let δ+(Ng)\delta^+(N_g) be the minimal stretch factor among pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms of NgN_g with an orientable invariant foliation. The notation lim inf⁡\liminf is taken along odd genera.

Odd-genus normalized liminf conjecture.

lim inf⁡g→∞g odd(δ+(Ng))g>(1+2)2=(silver ratio)2.\liminf_{\substack{g\to\infty\\ g\text{ odd}}}(\delta^+(N_g))^g>(1+\sqrt{2})^2=(\text{silver ratio})^2.

The authors expect different asymptotic behavior along other genus sequences and give this strict lower bound as an example. No proof or resolution is supplied in the source.

References

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Livio Liechti and Balázs Strenner, “Minimal pseudo-Anosov stretch factors on nonoriented surfaces”, arXiv:1806.00033 (2020).

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