Positive entropy conjecture for composite symplectic Dehn twists

Let S1S_1 and S2S_2 be Lagrangian nn-spheres in an A2nA_2^n-configuration, intersecting transversely at a single point, and let τ1\tau_1 and τ2\tau_2 be symplectic Dehn twists along them. For integers k,k,\ell with k<0k\ell<0, consider the composition

τ=τ1kτ2.\tau=\tau_1^k\tau_2^\ell.

Positive entropy conjecture for composite symplectic Dehn twists. The measure-theoretic entropy of τ\tau with respect to Lebesgue measure vol\operatorname{vol} is positive:

hvol(τ)>0.h_{\operatorname{vol}}(\tau)>0.

The conjecture proposes chaotic measure-theoretic dynamics for compositions of Dehn twists supported on an A2nA_2^n-configuration. The supplied text does not state a resolution.

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Wenmin Gong, Zhijing Wendy Wang and Jinxin Xue, “Dynamics of composite symplectic Dehn twists”, arXiv:2208.13041 (2026).

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