{ "id": "1309.4184", "version": "v3", "published": "2013-09-17T05:07:42.000Z", "updated": "2013-12-20T06:43:37.000Z", "title": "The cogrowth series for $\\mathrm{BS}(N,N)$ is D-finite", "authors": [ "M. Elder", "A. Rechnitzer", "E. J. Janse van Rensburg", "T. Wong" ], "comment": "16 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. This article supersedes arXiv:1210.3425", "journal": "International Journal of Algebra and Computation 24 (2014) Issue 2 pages 171-187", "doi": "10.1142/S0218196714500106", "categories": [ "math.GR", "math.CO" ], "abstract": "We compute the cogrowth series for Baumslag-Solitar groups $\\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.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v3", "updated": "2013-12-20T06:43:37.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "20F69", "20F65", "05A15" ], "keywords": [ "cogrowth series", "baumslag-solitar groups", "cogrowth rates" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 16, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2013arXiv1309.4184E" } } }