The illumination conjecture for modular curves

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Let X(d)X(d) be the modular curve equipped with its square-tiling and the metric induced by the quadratic differential qq. Say that a point A∈X(d)A\in X(d) illuminates a point B∈X(d)B\in X(d) if a geodesic segment for the metric ∣q∣|q| connects AA to BB without passing through a singularity. Illumination conjecture. The cusps of the modular curve illuminate all of X(d)X(d) except possibly some vertices of the square-tiling. This conjecture reformulates one aspect of the parity conjecture in terms of geodesic illumination on X(d)X(d); the supplied text does not state a resolution.

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Eduard Duryev, “Teichmüller curves in genus two: Square-tiled surfaces and modular curves”, arXiv:1905.09312 (2019).

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