A Genus-Two Algebraic Family with Vanishing Real Toledo Numbers and Nonzero Generic Witt Class
Manuscript 4 October 2026 · Online 4 October 2026
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.
Record
- Affiliation
- Mercury Software GmbH
- Contact
- [email protected] · GitHub
- 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}
}