Diameter bounds for $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$-orbits of origamis in $\mathcal{H}(2)$ and the Prym loci in $\mathcal{H}(4)$ and $\mathcal{H}(6)$

Abstract

Using algorithms implicit in the classification of $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$-orbits of primitive origamis in the stratum $\mathcal{H}(2)$ due to Hubert-Lelièvre and McMullen, we give diameter bounds on the resulting orbit graphs. Since the machinery of McMullen from $\mathcal{H}(2)$ is generalised and reused in Lanneau and Nguyen's classification of the orbits of Prym eigenforms in $\mathcal{H}(4)$ and $\mathcal{H}(6),$ we are also able to obtain diameter bounds for the orbit graphs in this setting as well. In each stratum, we obtain diameter bounds of the form $O(N^{2/3}\log N)$, where $N$ is the size of the orbit graph.

v1: 30 pages, 22 figures. v2: 36 pages, 23 figures. The previous Subsection 2.4 is now a new and extended Section 3. The previous Section 3 and Subsection 4.3 are now appendices. Final version accepted to Math. Z