Reciprocal-branch-point conjecture for the genus-two family J_2λ,1\lambda,1

Let J2(λ,1)J_2(\lambda,1) be the genus-two family of translation surfaces in the stratum H(1,1)\mathcal{H}(1,1), and let a,b,ca,b,c be complex parameters. A genus-two hyperelliptic curve is given by six branch points occurring in reciprocal pairs. Reciprocal-branch-point conjecture. The family of hyperelliptic curves corresponding to J2(λ,1)J_2(\lambda,1) is given by

y2=(xa)(x1/a)(xb)(x1/b)(xc)(x1/c).y^2=(x-a)(x-1/a)(x-b)(x-1/b)(x-c)(x-1/c).

The observed reciprocal pairing is supported by numerical experiments for rational λ\lambda with μ=1\mu=1, whereas the phenomenon was not observed after changing μ\mu.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Türkü Özlüm Çelik, Samantha Fairchild and Yelena Mandelshtam, “Crossing the transcendental divide: from translation surfaces to algebraic curves”, arXiv:2211.00304 (2023).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.