Extension of the projective-prime dessin conjecture

Let pp) be a projective prime, meaning that

p=1+q++qn1p=1+q+\cdots+q^{n-1}

for a prime power qq and an integer n2n\ge 2. A dessin of type (3,2,p)(3,2,p) and degree pp has monodromy group PSLn(q){\rm PSL}_n(q) when that group acts naturally on points or hyperplanes of the projective space.

Projective-prime dessin conjecture. For each projective prime p=1+q++qn1>3p=1+q+\cdots+q^{n-1}>3, there exists at least one dessin of type (3,2,p)(3,2,p) and degree pp with monodromy group PSLn(q){\rm PSL}_n(q).

The statement extends the proved result for Mersenne primes and is also known in the cases n=2n=2 and n=3n=3 described earlier in the paper; the general case remains open.

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Gareth A. Jones and Alexander K. Zvonkin, “Klein's ten planar dessins of degree 11, and beyond”, arXiv:2104.12015 (2022).

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