Bolza-like surfaces in the Thurston set
Abstract
A surface in the Teichm\"uller space, where the systole function admits its maximum, is called a maximal surface. For genus two, a unique maximal surface exists, which is called the Bolza surface, whose systolic geodesics give a triangulation of the surface. We define a surface as Bolza-like if its systolic geodesics decompose the surface into -triangles for some integers . In this article, we will provide a construction of Bolza-like surfaces for infinitely many genera . Next, we see an intriguing application of Bolza-like surfaces. In particular, we construct global maximal surfaces using these Bolza-like surfaces. Furthermore, we study a symmetric property satisfied by the systolic geodesics of our Bolza-like surfaces. We show that any simple closed geodesic intersects the systolic geodesics at an even number of points.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2504.09483,
title = {Bolza-like surfaces in the Thurston set},
author = {Achintya Dey and Bhola Nath Saha and Bidyut Sanki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.09483},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
13 pages, 10 figures, Preliminary version, Comments are welcome