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Main Author: Silva, Eduardo
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.08775
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contents For any finite group $A$ and any finitely generated group $B$, we prove that the corresponding lamplighter group $A\wr B$ admits a standard generating set with unbounded depth, and that if $B$ is abelian then the above is true for every standard generating set. This generalizes the case where $B=\mathbb{Z}$ together with its cyclic generator due to Cleary and Taback. When $B=H*K$ is the free product of two finite groups $H$ and $K$, we characterize which standard generators of the associated lamplighter group have unbounded depth in terms of a geometrical constant related to the Cayley graphs of $H$ and $K$. In particular, we find differences with the one-dimensional case: the lamplighter group over the free product of two sufficiently large finite cyclic groups has uniformly bounded depth with respect to some standard generating set.
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spellingShingle Dead ends on wreath products and lamplighter groups
Silva, Eduardo
Group Theory
Combinatorics
For any finite group $A$ and any finitely generated group $B$, we prove that the corresponding lamplighter group $A\wr B$ admits a standard generating set with unbounded depth, and that if $B$ is abelian then the above is true for every standard generating set. This generalizes the case where $B=\mathbb{Z}$ together with its cyclic generator due to Cleary and Taback. When $B=H*K$ is the free product of two finite groups $H$ and $K$, we characterize which standard generators of the associated lamplighter group have unbounded depth in terms of a geometrical constant related to the Cayley graphs of $H$ and $K$. In particular, we find differences with the one-dimensional case: the lamplighter group over the free product of two sufficiently large finite cyclic groups has uniformly bounded depth with respect to some standard generating set.
title Dead ends on wreath products and lamplighter groups
topic Group Theory
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.08775