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arxiv: 1210.2797 · v1 · pith:PLMQ4MOKnew · submitted 2012-10-10 · 🧮 math.GT

Large Collections of Curves Pairwise Intersecting Exactly Once

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Let $\Omega=(\omega_{j})_{j\in I}$ be a collection of pairwise non-isotopic simple closed curves on the closed, orientable, genus $g$ surface $S_{g}$, such that $\omega_{i}$ and $\omega_{j}$ intersect exactly once for $i\neq j$. It was recently demonstrated by Malestein, Rivin, and Theran that the cardinality of such a collection is no more than $2g+1$. In this paper, we show that for $g\geq 3$, there exists at least two such collections with this maximum size up to the action of the mapping class group, answering a question posed by Malestein, Rivin and Theran.

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