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Orbit automata as a new tool to attack the order problem in automaton groups

Group Theory 2014-12-04 v2 Formal Languages and Automata Theory

Abstract

We introduce a new tool, called the orbit automaton, that describes the action of an automaton group GG on the subtrees corresponding to the orbits of GG on levels of the tree. The connection between GG and the groups generated by the orbit automata is used to find elements of infinite order in certain automaton groups for which other methods failed to work.

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@article{arxiv.1411.0158,
  title  = {Orbit automata as a new tool to attack the order problem in automaton groups},
  author = {Ines Klimann and Matthieu Picantin and Dmytro Savchuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.0158},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

19 pages, 9 figures; example with Bellaterra group added; references updated

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