Asymptotic growth and least common multiples in groups
Group Theory
2018-11-16 v2
Abstract
In this article we relate word and subgroup growth to certain functions that arise in the quantification of residual finiteness. One consequence of this endeavor is a pair of results that equate the nilpotency of a finitely generated group with the asymptotic behavior of these functions. The second half of this article investigates the asymptotic behavior of two of these functions. Our main result in this arena resolves a question of Bogopolski from the Kourovka notebook concerning lower bounds of one of these functions for nonabelian free groups.
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@article{arxiv.0907.3681,
title = {Asymptotic growth and least common multiples in groups},
author = {K. Bou-Rabee and D. B. McReynolds},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.3681},
year = {2018}
}
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13 pages