A geometric approach to the almost convexity and growth of some nilpotent groups

DOI10.1007/BF01452050MaRDI QIDQ584409zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Michael Shapiro

Publication date 1989

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/164620

zbMATH Keywords

almost convexityCayley graphcone typesdiscrete Heisenberg groupgeneratorsgrowth-series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Nilpotent groups (20F18) Geometric group theory (20F65)

Review text

Let \(N_ 2=<x,y|\) \([[x,y],x]=[[x,y],y]=1>\) be the discrete Heisenberg group of rank 3. The author studies the Cayley graph \({\mathcal C}\) of \(N_ 2\) with respect to the set of generators \(S=\{x,y\}\). His thorough analysis leads to two important results on \(N_ 2.\) 1) An explicit computation of the growth-series of the pair \((N_ 2,S)\) in section 2. This result constitutes the solution of a rather deep combinatorial problem. It is an analogue of results of Benson on almost abelian groups. The formula on the growth series can also be found in the recent thesis of \textit{B. Weber} [Bonn. Math. Schr. 197 (1989; Zbl 0676.20017)]. 2) A determination of the cone types of the Cayley graph \({\mathcal C}\) and a proof of the almost convexity of \({\mathcal C}\). Surprisingly \({\mathcal C}\) has infinitely many cone types. This result contrasts to all known almost convex examples which in fact have finitely many cone types.

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