Finite automata of polynomial growth do not generate a free group. (Q1768261)

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    Finite automata of polynomial growth do not generate a free group.
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2145817

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      Finite automata of polynomial growth do not generate a free group. (English)
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      15 March 2005
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      In an earlier paper, the author conjectured that finite-state automata of polynomial growth cannot generate free groups of rank 2. In this paper, the author proves, under some natural hypotheses, that finite-state automorphisms of polynomial growth cannot generate free subgroups of rank 2 of the group of automorphisms of a regular rooted tree of arbitrary degree.
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      regular rooted trees
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      automorphisms of trees
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      finite automata
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      polynomial growth
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      free groups
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