Conjecture on the number of classes for curve orbits on a smooth Hermitian surface

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Let XIX_I be the smooth Hermitian surface and let CFJC_{F_J} denote the curve associated with FJF_J. Set O=Aut(XI)CFJO={\rm Aut}(X_I)C_{F_J}, and let dd be the number of nontrivial classes in the associated relations {Ri}i=0d\{R_i\}_{i=0}^d.

Class-number conjecture. If

O=Aut(XI)CFJ,O={\rm Aut}(X_I)C_{F_J},

then

\nd=∣P1(Fq2)∣for all q,\nd=|\mathbb{P}^1(\mathbb{F}_{q^2})|\quad\text{for all }q,

that is, (O,{Ri}i=0d)(O,\{R_i\}_{i=0}^d) has d=q2+1d=q^2+1 classes.

The conjecture is motivated by the examples for q=2q=2 and q=3q=3, where the observed values of dd agree with ∣P1(Fq2)∣=q2+1|\mathbb{P}^1(\mathbb{F}_{q^2})|=q^2+1. Its validity for all qq is left open in the source.

References

Primary source

Norifumi Ojiro, “Combinatorial structure of low degree rational curves on a smooth Hermitian surface”, arXiv:2602.10842 (2026).

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