- Title
- Counting elements and geodesics in Thompson's group F
- Creator
- Elder, Murray; Fusy, Éric; Rechnitzer, Andrew
- Relation
- Journal of Algebra Vol. 324, Issue 1, p. 102 - 121
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2010.02.035
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- We present two quite different algorithms to compute the number of elements in the sphere of radius n of Thompson's group F with standard generating set. The first of these requires exponential time and polynomial space, but additionally computes the number of geodesics and is generalisable to many other groups. The second algorithm requires polynomial time and space and allows us to compute the size of the spheres of radius n with n ≤ 1500. Using the resulting series data we find that the growth rate of the group is bounded above by 2.62167… . This is very close to Guba's lower bound of 3+√5 / 2. Indeed, numerical analysis of the series data strongly suggests that the growth rate of the group is exactly 3+√5 / 2.
- Subject
- group growth function; growth series; geodesic growth series; Thompson's group F
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/926906
- Identifier
- uon:9982
- Identifier
- ISSN:0021-8693
- Language
- eng
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