On trivial words in finitely presented groups

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Authors Murray Elder, Andrew Rechnitzer, E. J. Janse van Rensburg, Timothy Wong

Publication date 12 October 2012

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

Abstract: We propose a numerical method for studying the cogrowth of finitely presented groups. To validate our numerical results we compare them against the corresponding data from groups whose cogrowth series are known exactly. Further, we add to the set of such groups by finding the cogrowth series for Baumslag-Solitar groups $mathrmBS(N,N)=<a,b|a^{N}b=b{a}^N>$ and prove that their cogrowth rates are algebraic numbers.

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