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Strongly Aperiodic SFTs on Generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups

Discrete Mathematics 2022-09-13 v3 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We look at constructions of aperiodic SFTs on fundamental groups of graph of groups. In particular we prove that all generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups (GBS) admit a strongly aperiodic SFT. Our proof is based on a structural theorem by Whyte and on two constructions of strongly aperiodic SFTs on Fn×Z\mathbb{F}_n\times \mathbb{Z} and BS(m,n)BS(m,n) of our own. Our two constructions rely on a path-folding technique that lifts an SFT on Z2\mathbb{Z}^2 inside an SFT on Fn×Z\mathbb{F}_n\times \mathbb{Z} or an SFT on the hyperbolic plane inside an SFT on BS(m,n)BS(m,n). In the case of Fn×Z\mathbb{F}_n\times \mathbb{Z} the path folding technique also preserves minimality, so that we get minimal strongly aperiodic SFTs on unimodular GBS groups.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2204.11492,
  title  = {Strongly Aperiodic SFTs on Generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups},
  author = {Nathalie Aubrun and Nicolás Bitar and Sacha Huriot-Tattegrain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.11492},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

31 pages, 13 figures

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