Metric properties of Baumslag-Solitar groups.

DOI10.1142/S0218196715500198zbMATH Open1332.20046arXiv1402.3859MaRDI QIDQ2942801FDOQ2942801

Authors: José Burillo, Murray Elder 

Publication date: 11 September 2015

Published in: International Journal of Algebra and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We compute estimates for the word metric of Baumslag--Solitar groups in terms of the Britton's lemma normal form. As a corollary, we find lower bounds for the growth rate for the groups $BS(p,q)$, with $1<pleq$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.3859

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zbMATH Keywords

growth ratesword lengthsBaumslag-Solitar groupsgrowth seriesword metricmetric estimatesfinite symmetric generating setsBritton normal form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Geometric group theory (20F65) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

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