Interaction-strength conjecture for Bouw-Möller surfaces with divisible parameters

Let Sm,nS_{m,n} be the Bouw-Möller surface associated with integers m,n2m,n\geq 2, and let Int(α,β)\operatorname{Int}(\alpha,\beta) denote the intersection number of closed curves α,β\alpha,\beta, with l(α)l(\alpha) and l(β)l(\beta) their lengths. Suppose that m,n3m,n\geq 3, (m,n)(3,3)(m,n)\neq(3,3), and mm is a multiple of nn. Set

l0=sinπm.l_0=\sin\frac{\pi}{m}.

Interaction-strength conjecture. For every pair of closed curves α,β\alpha,\beta on Sm,nS_{m,n},

Int(α,β)l(α)l(β)14l02.\frac{\operatorname{Int}(\alpha,\beta)}{l(\alpha)l(\beta)}\leq\frac{1}{4l_0^2}.

Moreover, equality is achieved by two closed curves α,β\alpha,\beta each made of two sides of length l0l_0 and intersecting once. The conjecture concerns the case excluded from the preceding theorem, where the equality construction with curves intersecting twice does not apply; it would determine the algebraic interaction strength for these Bouw-Möller surfaces when mm is a multiple of nn.

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Julien Boulanger, “Algebraic interaction strength for translation surfaces with multiple singularities”, arXiv:2509.05210 (2026).

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