On the generating function and growth of the positive singular braid monoid (Q6198282)

Let \(SB_{n}^{+}\) be the positive singular braid monoid, \(b_{k}=b^{[n]}_{k}\) the number of elements of the length \(k\) in \(SB_{n}^{+}\) and let \(f^{[n]}(t)=\sum_{k \geq 0} b_{k}t^{k}\) be the corresponding generating function (see [\textit{R. Corran}, J. Algebra 223, No. 1, 256--282 (2000; Zbl 0971.20035)]). In the paper under review, the authors give an elementary proof of the fact that the generating function of \(SB_{n}^{+}\) is rational and they give the exact formula for \(n=3\): \(f^{[3]}(t)=[(1-t)(1-3t-t^{2}+2t^{3})]^{-1}\).