English

Systems of arcs on a torus with two punctures

Geometric Topology 2022-09-13 v1

Abstract

For a compact surface S S with a finite set of marked points P P , we define a 1-system to be a collection of arcs which are pairwise non-homotopic and intersect pairwise at most once. We prove that, up to equivalence, there are exactly 23 maximal 1-systems on (S,P) (S, P) when S S is a torus and P=2 |P| = 2 . Along the way, we generalize some of the results of a previous paper to the context of surfaces with boundary. In particular, we prove that the maximal cardinality of a 1-system on (S,P) (S, P) is 2χ(χ+1)v2 2 |\chi| (|\chi| + 1) - \frac{v}{2} , where χ \chi is the Euler characteristic of (S,P) (S, P) and v v is the number of marked points of P P in the boundary of S S .

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@article{arxiv.2209.04720,
  title  = {Systems of arcs on a torus with two punctures},
  author = {Denali Relles},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.04720},
  year   = {2022}
}
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