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The cogrowth series for $\mathrm{BS}(N,N)$ is D-finite

Group Theory 2014-06-09 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

We compute the cogrowth series for Baumslag-Solitar groups BS(N,N)=<a,baNb=baN>\mathrm{BS}(N,N) = < a,b | a^N b = b a^N > , which we show to be D-finite. It follows that their cogrowth rates are algebraic numbers.

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@article{arxiv.1309.4184,
  title  = {The cogrowth series for $\mathrm{BS}(N,N)$ is D-finite},
  author = {M. Elder and A. Rechnitzer and E. J. Janse van Rensburg and T. Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.4184},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

16 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. This article supersedes arXiv:1210.3425