Lattice-preserving invariance conjecture for higher-genus Göttsche-Schroeter invariants

Let Δ\Delta and Δ\Delta' be two hh-transverse polygons. A lattice-preserving transformation is an element of the affine group of R2\mathbb{R}^2 preserving the lattice Z2\mathbb{Z}^2. Let gmax(Δ)g_{\max}(\Delta) and smax(Δ,g)s_{\max}(\Delta,g) denote the maximal genus and maximal descendant parameter for which the combinatorial invariant Gg(Δ,s)G_g(\Delta,s) is defined. Lattice-preserving invariance conjecture. If there exists a lattice-preserving transformation ff such that f(Δ)=Δf(\Delta)=\Delta', then for any g{0,,gmax(Δ)}g\in\{0,\dots,g_{\max}(\Delta)\} and s{0,,smax(Δ,g)}s\in\{0,\dots,s_{\max}(\Delta,g)\} one has

Gg(Δ,s)=Gg(Δ,s).G_g(\Delta,s)=G_g(\Delta',s).

The conjecture is supported by the computed examples and is asymptotically true in genus 11 for nonsingular horizontal polygons by results cited in the paper, but it is not established in general.

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Gurvan Mével, “Combinatorial Göttsche-Schroeter invariants in any genus”, arXiv:2411.02312 (2024).

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