The geometry of spheres in free Abelian groups.

DOI10.1007/S10711-012-9700-XzbMATH Open1273.20037arXiv1004.0053OpenAlexW2962904914MaRDI QIDQ691073FDOQ691073

Authors: Moon Duchin, Samuel Lelièvre, Christoper Mooney 

Publication date: 29 November 2012

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study word metrics on Z^d by developing tools that are fine enough to measure dependence on the generating set. We obtain counting and distribution results for the words of length n. With this, we show that counting measure on spheres always converges to a limit measure on a limit shape (strongly, in an appropriate sense). The existence of a limit measure is quite strong-even virtually abelian groups need not satisfy these kinds of asymptotic formulas. Using the limit measure, we can reduce probabilistic questions about word metrics to problems in convex geometry of Euclidean space. As an application, we give asymptotics for the spherical growth function with respect to any generating set, as well as statistics for other "size-like" functions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0053

Recommendations

• Fine asymptotic geometry in the Heisenberg group.
• Local limit theorems for free groups
• Convergence of spherical averages for actions of free groups
• Statistical hyperbolicity in groups.
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1836314

zbMATH Keywords

Cayley graphsgenerating setsgeodesicsconvex geometryconvex polyhedrageometric group theoryword lengthscounting problemsword metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07) Geometric group theory (20F65) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05) Asymptotic theory of convex bodies (52A23) Metric geometry (51F99) Torsion-free groups, finite rank (20K15)

Cites Work

• Probability. Theory and examples.
• Computing the Continuous Discretely
• An introduction to the theory of numbers. Edited and revised by D. R. Heath-Brown and J. H. Silverman. With a foreword by Andrew Wiles
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Geometry of locally compact groups of polynomial growth and shape of large balls
• Fine asymptotic geometry in the Heisenberg group.
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Statistical hyperbolicity in groups.

Cited In (7)

• Group structure in circle and sphere theorems.
• The Sprawl Conjecture for Convex Bodies
• Statistical hyperbolicity in groups.
• Connectedness of spheres in Cayley graphs
• Harmonic-counting measures and spectral theory of lens spaces
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Local limit theorems for free groups

This page was built for publication: The geometry of spheres in free Abelian groups.

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q691073)