Minimal exponential growth rates of metabelian Baumslag-Solitar groups and lamplighter groups

DOI10.4171/GGD/394MaRDI QIDQ2357409zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michelle Bucher, Alexey Talambutsa

Publication date 13 June 2017

Published in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03569

zbMATH Keywords

actions on treesexponential growth ratelamplighter groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Groups acting on trees (20E08) Extensions, wreath products, and other compositions of groups (20E22) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

Abstract: We prove that for any prime $pgeq3$ the minimal exponential growth rate of the Baumslag-Solitar group $BS(1,p)$ and the lamplighter group $mathcal{L}_p=(mathbbZ/pmathbbZ)wrmathbbZ$ are equal. We also show that for $p=2$ this claim is not true and the growth rate of $BS(1,2)$ is equal to the positive root of $x^3-x^2-2$, whilst the one of the lamplighter group $mathcal{L}_2$ is equal to the golden ratio $(1+sqrt5)/2$. The latter value also serves to show that the lower bound of A.Mann from [Mann, Journal of Algebra 326, no. 1 (2011) 208--217] for the growth rates of non-semidirect HNN extensions is optimal.

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Summary: We prove that for any prime \(p \geq 3\) the minimal exponential growth rate of the Baumslag-Solitar group BS\((1,p)\) and the lamplighter group \(\mathcal{L}_p=(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})\wr \mathbb{Z}\) are equal. We also show that for \(p=2\) this claim is not true and the growth rate of BS\((1,2)\) is equal to the positive root of \(x^3-x^2-2\), whilst the one of the lamplighter group \(\mathcal{L}_2\) is equal to the golden ratio \((1+\sqrt5)/2\). The latter value also serves to show that the lower bound of \textit{A. Mann} from [J. Algebra 326, No. 1, 208--217 (2011; Zbl 1231.20027)] for the growth rates of non-semidirect HNN extensions is optimal.

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