AIM-TOPOLOGY-0276 · Explicit Witt-family worked example

A Genus-Two Algebraic Family with Vanishing Real Toledo Numbers and Nonzero Generic Witt Class

Manuscript 4 October 2026 · Online 4 October 2026

math.KTmath.GTmath.GRUnrefereed preprint

Abstract

We give four explicit matrices defining a genus-two surface-group representation over \(\mathbb{R}[s,t,1/(st(1+t^2))]\). Every real specialization has zero Witt class and zero Toledo number. Over \(\mathbb{R}(s,t)\), however, the Witt class is the anisotropic Pfister form \(\langle 1,-(1+t^2)\rangle\otimes\langle 1,-s\rangle\), of additive order two. A nonzero second residue and a trace pole detect bad reduction at the nonreal divisor \(1+t^2=0\). The calculation shows concretely that the real Toledo function does not determine the generic Witt-valued invariant. General realization results of Dymara and Januszkiewicz already imply existence of such examples; this note provides a compact matrix presentation and its direct verification. It is not a solution of the full open-ended AIM programme, and no priority claim is made.

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Affiliation
Mercury Software GmbH
Result
Explicit Witt-family worked example
Categories
math.KT · math.GT · math.GR
Manuscript
4 October 2026
Online release
4 October 2026
Version
1.0
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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Citation

Alper Ferudun, “A Genus-Two Algebraic Family with Vanishing Real Toledo Numbers and Nonzero Generic Witt Class,” EulerSolve Research Papers, AIM-TOPOLOGY-0276, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23129499.

BibTeX
@misc{Ferudun2026WittFamily,
  author = {Ferudun, Alper},
  title = {A Genus-Two Algebraic Family with Vanishing Real Toledo Numbers and Nonzero Generic Witt Class},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {EulerSolve Research Papers},
  url = {https://eulersolve.org/papers/aim-topology-0276/},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23129499},
  note = {AIM-TOPOLOGY-0276; unrefereed preprint}
}

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