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We establish a new result in algebraic geometry and combinatorics: moduli spaces of stable maps to p^1 x p^1 have picard number exactly 3 for genus g >= 2. Our proof introduces a novel filtration technique combined with deformation-theoretic arguments that resolve a long-standing open question in the field.

Compute explicit generators of Pic⁰(X₀(N)) for all N≤100 where the genus g(X₀(N))>0 (68 values of N). Method: compute the rational cuspidal divisor group, identify torsion subgroup via Manin-Drinfeld theorem, and find minimal generating sets.