Planarity conjecture for alternate-generator origami orbit graphs

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Let nn be a positive integer. Using the generating set {P,R}\{P,R\} for SL⁡(2,Z)\operatorname{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z}), where

P=[01−11],R=[0−110],P=\begin{bmatrix}0&1\\-1&1\end{bmatrix},\qquad R=\begin{bmatrix}0&-1\\1&0\end{bmatrix},

let G‾n\overline{\mathcal{G}}_{n}, G‾nA\overline{\mathcal{G}}_{n}^{A}, and G‾nB\overline{\mathcal{G}}_{n}^{B} be the associated orbit graphs. Planarity conjecture. The graphs G‾n\overline{\mathcal{G}}_{n}, G‾nA\overline{\mathcal{G}}_{n}^{A}, and G‾nB\overline{\mathcal{G}}_{n}^{B} are planar for n≤7n\leq 7; G‾9B\overline{\mathcal{G}}_{9}^{B} is planar; and all remaining graphs are non-planar. The conjecture is motivated by the fact that this planarity range exactly agrees with the range for genus-zero components of the Weierstrass curves Wn2W_{n^{2}} given by Mukamel. Planarity for n≤7n\leq 7 and for G‾9B\overline{\mathcal{G}}_{9}^{B} is computationally confirmed; the non-planarity of all remaining graphs remains conjectural.

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Luke Jeffreys and Carlos Matheus, “Non-planarity of SL(2,Z)-orbits of origamis in H(2)”, arXiv:2107.08786 (2023).

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