Eulerian cube complexes and reciprocity

DOI10.2140/AGT.2014.14.3533MaRDI QIDQ488578zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Richard A. Scott

Publication date 26 January 2015

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.7018

zbMATH Keywords

cube complexgrowth series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55)

Abstract: Let $G$ be the fundamental group of a compact nonpositively curved cube complex $Y$. With respect to a basepoint $x$, one obtains an integer-valued length function on $G$ by counting the number of edges in a minimal length edge-path representing each group element. The growth series of $G$ with respect to $x$ is then defined to be the power series $G_x(t)=su{m}_g{t}^{|g|}$ where $|g|$ denotes the length of $g$. Using the fact that $G$ admits a suitable automatic structure, $G_x(t)$ can be shown to be a rational function. We prove that if $Y$ is a manifold of dimension $n$, then this rational function satisfies the reciprocity formula $G_x(t^{-1})=(-1{)}^n{G}_x(t)$. We prove the formula in a more general setting, replacing the group with the fundamental groupoid, replacing the growth series with the characteristic series for a suitable regular language, and only assuming $Y$ is Eulerian.

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