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A note on Puder's generalised co-growth formula for trees

Combinatorics 2025-02-11 v1

Abstract

In this note, we prove a conjecture of Puder on an extension of the co-growth formula to any non-negative function defined on a bi-regular tree. A key component of our proof is the establishment of a resolvent identity, which serves as an operator version of the co-growth formula. We also provide a simpler proof of Puder's generalised co-growth formula for the regular tree.

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@article{arxiv.2502.06372,
  title  = {A note on Puder's generalised co-growth formula for trees},
  author = {Wenbo Li and Joe Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.06372},
  year   = {2025}
}
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